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Power of humanity

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Peck & Peck is the story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck of New York City. Batter Gray is worried about his future. Even when he was eleven, his classmates seem to have settled on a goal: doctor, lawyer, broker, engineer. Good jobs that automatically command respect, security, 401Ks. Now Batter is in his early twenties, living in New York City, and he wants something different, something that alienates some readers and bores most. Poetry. And … Continue reading Power of humanity

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He came home every night from the pub using both sides of the road

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Eoin McNamee, Northern Irish writer from Kilkeel, County Down, whose novels are mostly based on real crimes (although his 2007 novel 12:23 was about the death of Princess Diana), The Comets, is his first collection of short fiction, which includes two novellas and 15 punchy shorts. A fairground dodgems ride, “poles struck blue fire from the roof grid and the comets blazed across the rink”. In several stories an abandoned aerodrome acquires sinister, Ballardian quality.  In “Walking North, Walking Home,” a woman, adopted in childhood, sets out to find her birth mother, but finds instead a kindred spirit in a … Continue reading He came home every night from the pub using both sides of the road

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Billionaires secretive networks

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A seat inside The Global Family Office Community (GFOC), one of the most discreet and secretive networks in the world, where community of families that control fortunes worth billions of pounds is effectively a floating private members’ Clun for the world’s  wealthiest families meeting around the world at  private dinners, retreats, seminars and conferences. Over 2, 500 families are now members of this elite exclusive club. They are not chasing the next big deal, but advice, perspective and this is one place they discuss the problems money cannot solve, “No one is pitching anything at them, it’s a safe place where they can come … Continue reading Billionaires secretive networks

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Alone and betrayed

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THE TURNING POINT  – A short story by Penny Nair Price The newsagent opened his door at 7 am and waited for his favourite and most reliable customer, serving one or two others before his arrival.  At 7.45, or as near as dammit, the white stick poked round the door and Frederick Orange entered, with his familiar expression of a mixture of pleasure and distaste playing round his mouth, as he tapped his way to the counter and bought his lucky dip ticket for the Friday draw, and a pack of his favourite cigarettes, together with some extra strong mints. The newsagent … Continue reading Alone and betrayed

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Psyche of a teenage sniper

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Mathias Énard’s first novel, revolves around an unnamed city completely torn apart by civil war, a teenage sniper has only one goal: to fire the perfect shot. He sublimates himself into his weapon, controls his breath, stays serenely calm, and listen to his body and the beat of his heart. Lying in wait on rooftops, he shoots at civilians amid the movement of seagulls in the dawn sky.  At dawn he finds that the light is perfect- not too blinding, no reflections- and people are less careful. In one scene, he is soothed by the sight of a woman falling “like … Continue reading Psyche of a teenage sniper

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Bravery of captain and passengers saved 174 lives

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Dubai-Tel Aviv flight Flydubai FZ1073 plunged more than 16,000 feet just over 30 seconds during its steepest descent.  Omani co-pilot Hamam Al-Hamami, who tried to crash the Flydubai flight to Israel by stabbing Indian pilot Smit Machchar (39), flight captain inside the cockpit savage attack freed after passengers and crew intervened and a reserve pilot landed the aircraft safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. It has been reported the co-pilot was already been banned from flying by Oman over concerns about radical ideological views, despite joining Flydubai.  Captain Smit Machchhar was seriously injured after multiple stab wound, realised he was not only fighting … Continue reading Bravery of captain and passengers saved 174 lives

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Mammoth’s eliciting a momentary peace

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Novelist Naomi Alderman and her newly widowed father sets up a wildlife camera in the back garden of her parent’ home, a few months after he mother dies, capturing the first image of a strange new animal. Low to the ground about the size of a badger, flat face, long, trunk-like nose. Suddenly these “mimmoths” are as common as foxes or dogs. And no one knows where they’ve come from. Alderman created something curious, messy and unexpectedly comforting. The element of solace serves as a counterpoint in the novel’s emphasis on a world in cataclysm; at its centre is an … Continue reading Mammoth’s eliciting a momentary peace

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Female resilience and solidarity

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Award-winning Iranian-American novelist and filmmaker, Laleh Kahdivi’s  funny novel about a daughter discovering her mother’s secret past. When in Los Angeles, a senior accoutant Heti’s mother, Anahita, dies, she leaves behind a spotless legacy: affectionate parent, modern career woman, and life of the party. Heti moves in a daze until her grief is upended by the arrival of an unmarked package arrives from England, containing photographs of Anahita as a young woman- robed,  (her country of origin appears to be Iran by is unnamed), standing in front of a burning building in a black robe and pointing a gun at a group … Continue reading Female resilience and solidarity

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A nation in crisis: Amphetamine-fuelled trip across the US in the 1960s

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Patrick deWitt’s Dodge City is a novel about a young man Lee Clarke in 1967, Los Angeles, on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada. He has received his draft notice, calling him up to fight in the Vietnam War. A straitlaced, apolitical twenty-three-year-old from Concrete, Washington, Lee is studying at UCLA until a fistfight leads to his expulsion- and his removal from the deferment list. The draft notice forces him to make the first political decision of his life, and though he’s happy in California and loves his girlfriend, he will leave … Continue reading A nation in crisis: Amphetamine-fuelled trip across the US in the 1960s

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Retrain your brain to stop limiting your full potential

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If your new idea or a goal that excites you but no enough time to execute it what will you do?  What about a goal you really want to accomplish but can’t because instead of taking action, you procrastinate? Do you feel like the only way things are going to get done is if you do them? But what if it wasn’t that way? What if you had a team of people around you that helped you to accomplish your goals ( while you helped them accomplish theirs?) When we want something done, we’ve been trained to ask ourselves: “How can … Continue reading Retrain your brain to stop limiting your full potential