The City that never sleeps

Manhattan Down is a pulse-pounding contemporary thriller which dares to imagine the unimaginable, a leaderless world being held to ransom by forces unknown for reasons unknown. The questions it asks are terrifying- and so are some of the answers. Manhattan the city that never sleeps just said goodnight. On September 10th,  one day before the anniversary eve of the 9/11 terror attack, New York swelters under a a heat dome of record temperatures. Even the global leaders assembled at the UN HQ are forced to admit that the climate crisis has reached boiling point and the world’s time is running out. … Continue reading The City that never sleeps

Mother who raised and inspired two superstars

Tina Knowles, the mother of icons Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: the woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. A life of grief and tragedy, love and heartbreak, the nurturing of her superstar daughters, and the perseverance and audacity it takes for a girl from Galveston, Texas to change the world. Why half of Destiny’s Child Beyoncé’s original four piece, left the group in 2000 in a flurry of bad-mouthing and lawsuits: we’re just old that “Beyoncé saw … Continue reading Mother who raised and inspired two superstars

Harness our inner power

The Japanese phenomenon that reaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. How to free yourself, Change your life and achieve real happiness. “Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself. You are the one who decides how you live.” The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of the 19th-century psychology alongside Freud … Continue reading Harness our inner power

Embrace our non-negotiable limitations

British journalist and columnist, Oliver Burkeman in Meditations for Mortals takes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life – one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. Ask yourself why you should spend huge amount of money in the pursuit of wellbeing, but when you sign up for a meditation class you’ll no doubt be bombarded with online adverts for crystal water bottles, nutritional powders, branded workouts and self-help books. Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, it offers a powerful new way to … Continue reading Embrace our non-negotiable limitations

NATIONAL SMILE DAY

NATIONAL SMILE DAY – a piece of writing for AWL for May 31 2024 by Penny Nair PriceIn 1963 Harvey Ball wanted to devote a day to genuine smiles and acts of kindness. He is the earliest known inventor of the popular smiley face emoji and in 1964 got paid just forty nine dollars for his smiley face design – a design which went on to permeate the whole world. Harvey was born on 10 July 1921and lived till 12 April 2001 and was born and raised in Worcester,Massachusetts. He clearly did not own the copyright to his design.Seven ways … Continue reading NATIONAL SMILE DAY