Small Island by Andrea Levy is essentially about the Windrush generation and how their lives were affected by their decision…
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“Where are you from?” “Stockport.” Sharp intake of breath… “Unlucky. I suppose someone has to be.” “That’s a bit rich…
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I remember well the day I stopped being a vegetarian in Spain. It was on Avenida Marítima in Santa Cruz…
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T his week, we listened to a Wander Woman podcast called Camino de Santiago – Finding The Way – which…
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I always thought ageing brought its own rewards. I have seen colleagues retire from work over the years and they’ve…
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The world we encounter in Paul Lynch’s 2023 Booker Prize Winner, Prophet Song is familiar, traumatic, and terrifying. And it…
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It is rapidly approaching the seventh anniversary of leaving Tenerife, the sub-tropical island which had been our home for 14…
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One of my brothers lives off-grid. And when I say ‘off-grid’, I mean he lives as if the world had…
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I t strikes me that writing a novel is a bit like designing a kitchen. Designing a kitchen J ack…
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M emphis by Tara M. Stringfellow is a glorious homage to the strength, beauty, and power of black women. Told…
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