getting accepted isn't really the point, I'm challenging myself to invite critical comment.
Being Accountable #2 Feb 2021
ambition
it was more like winning the lottery with a ticket I hadn’t realised I’d bought.
Being Accountable #1 Jan 2021
a rather delicious GU Zillionaire Cheesecake is settling on top of my roast dinner
A Promised Land
...the no-stones-unturned, no-expert-ignored approach to Obama's presidency
In Praise Of 2020 #4 My Favourite Reads Of The Year
I also found myself having to lower the book and take a breather from the emotions the book recalls. Loved it.
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair
book review to obama: with love, joy, hate and despair by Jeanne Marie Laskas Remember when politics was motivated by hope and empathy? I challenge anyone, even the most hardened Republicans, to not feel a pang of loss when reading this fabulous book. Obama received 10,000 letters a day. Having earned the reputation for corresponding... Continue Reading →
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
So life size is the narration, I found myself smelling their clothes
Independence Day
INDEPENDENCE DAY A Brexit Essay by Kevin Bonfield "Independence day! It's fucking independence day!" I'm sure he actually did a little jump of joy as he repeated himself, adding "We get our fucking country back." There's a burning inside my head. It's not tears, they've been and gone. I can feel the heat in my... Continue Reading →
There are no ‘cheats’
slicing through the fatigue of life
No body told me it would be like this
A BOOK REVIEW - DIARY OF A BODY by DANIEL PENNAC I've read a couple of translated books recently. Having elected to only review books that have given me pleasure, I'm only mentioning one of them here. Quite possibly my problem with the other one is actually, well, MY problem, and not the book's. So... Continue Reading →
