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Our fathers never taught us to be fathers…

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Chilean poet Alejandro Zambra, in Childish Literature, writes a collection of poems, essays and tales exploring the ups and downs of fatherhood especially orbiting around the theme of fathers and sons. Written in a state of attachment or under the influence of fatherhood, Childish Literature is an eclectic guide to rookie parents, revealing how the birth and growth of a child changes not only the present and the future, but also reshapes our perceptions of the past.   He ponders his unpreparedness: “Our fathers tried, in their own ways, to teach us to be men, but they never taught us to … Continue reading Our fathers never taught us to be fathers…

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Complex emotional poems

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Professor Carol Ann Duffy DBE, captures the truth of each experience whether writing of longing or seduction, of passion, adultery, or simple everyday acts of love.  Carol Ann Duffy wrote one of the most popular love poet, which is imaginative, heartfelt and direct about love and relationships exploring the notion of romantic love in the context of relationship, with complex emotion. The speaker of the poem offers her lover an onion as a Valentine’s gift not a conventional gift like stain hearts or roses. Her poems diaplays all the eloquence and skill that have made her one of the foremost … Continue reading Complex emotional poems

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Elizabeth Nunez who explored the legacy of colonialism dies aged 80

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Elizabeth Nunez (80), a Trinidad-born writer whose novels explored the legacy of colonialism and the immigrant’s longing for home – while making fun a American academia and New York City’s publishing world – died of a stroke on Friday at her home in Brooklyn. Elizabeth Ann Nunez was born on Feb 18 1944, in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, one of 11 chidren of Una Magdalena (Arneaud) Nunez and Waldo Everette Nunez. Her father was a Junior officer in the ministry of labor: who late become the commissioner of labor, and then an executive at … Continue reading Elizabeth Nunez who explored the legacy of colonialism dies aged 80

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Water Beds with Hydro massage

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Specialist treatment beds to improve health and vitality. Dayon Hydrospa – The Power of Relaxation. Combines water heat and massage – full or partial. You float weightlessly on warm water on a massage bed with the hydromassage relieving tension, promoting blood circulation and giving soothing back relief. The water is inside the mattress. There is no moisture involved. How does it work? Well it involves hydrojet technology, infrared heat of up to 50C and this serves as penetrating into tissue with an intuitive app control.Turn your energy on – Dayon Recharge – An energy booster for your cells. Over 4,400 … Continue reading Water Beds with Hydro massage

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Wild Goose

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“ WILD GOOSE” – A NEW NOVEL BY VERY ESTABLISHED WRITER ANDPOET – SALLY EVANS Sally is a poet working in long and formal styles. She was editor of PoetryScotland broadsheet 1997-2018, and hosted the popular Callander Poetry Weekends that ran for nearly 20 years. She has published poetry widely in magazines and books, translated Gaelic poetry, and been a poetry editor of the Scots Language Centre’s website. At Diehard Press, she has edited and published books by many other poets.Sally has read and performed poetry at StAnza, in all the Scottish cities and throughout England, especially the North. She has led workshops … Continue reading Wild Goose

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Poetry in Scotland

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Writing about writers – with the skills only a writer knows!The novel of a Sestineer and the descendants of a Victorian novelist.Review of “Lettersgait” – her new novel by Sally Evans. Published byFiction Direct – a new branch of Diehard Callender press (established 1990). £8 in person, £10 posted. http://www.readfictiondirect.co.uk for this and other books. Sally Evans – now with a PHD in Literature follows up her very popular novel“Wild Goose” with new novel – “Lettersgait”, and so this is Sally’s secondnovel focussing on the environment of a literary world. The likeable and wellportrayed characters engross us in a story … Continue reading Poetry in Scotland

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Death in Victorian Britain

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Acclaimed Historian Judith Flanders  an expert on everyday life in Victorian Britain deconstructs the intricate fascinating reveals the bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain. Stories from sickbed to the deathbed, from the correct way to grieve and to give comfort to those grieving to funeral and burials and the reaction of those left behind, Flanders illuminates how living in nineteenth-century Britain was, in so many ways, dictated by dying. Deeply researched chilling social history of a period plagued by infant death, poverty, disease and unprecedented change. In elegant, often witty prose. Flanders  brings the … Continue reading Death in Victorian Britain

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Creative benefits of insomnia where you could lose yourself

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The night self is creative, curious, vulnerable, enchanted and courageous. In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs in the aftermath of her father’s death, not long after Abbs stepfather had also passed away  in a nursing home where not visiting was possible thanks to Covid restrictions.  This double bereavement in a  dreadful time.,. and her wild  monstrous grief rendered her sleepless. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn’t alone, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness. As long nights bore down, Abby began to discover a strange new freedom, … Continue reading Creative benefits of insomnia where you could lose yourself

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Coyote Ugly in Camden & Soho

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Coyote Ugly is a 2000 American Musical based on the Coyote Ugly Saloon, directed by David McNally and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman. The film is set in New York City and stars Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Tura Banks, Izabella Miko, and Bridget Moynahan. The movie grossed over $113million worldwide and became a cult classic. Songwriter Violet Sanford leaves her hometown of South Amboy, New Jersey to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in nearby New York City. Having unsuccessfully tiring to get her demo tape noticed by recording studios, one … Continue reading Coyote Ugly in Camden & Soho