Stories that matter
November 8, 2018
‘Strange as it may seem, the one desire a normal young man had in the year 1915 was to go out to France to get killed. Of course, he did not think of it in those terms, his consuming obsession was to reach the front in time not to miss all the fun.’ These are […]
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October 30, 2018
18 things that happened in 1918
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Earlier this year, I wrote about 18 things I planned to do in 2018. I’m not sure how successful I’ve been (I’m a bit scared to look!) but with the centenary of the First World War’s Armistice Day fast approaching, I’ve turned instead to the events, people, books and films of 1918. While the list […]
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September 11, 2018
“The only thing left my friends, is to forget. And you forget, not by reopening a court case, by throwing someone in jail. No, F O R G E T [he spelt out the letters]. That is the word, and to achieve that, both sides have to forget.” Augusto Pinochet 13 September 1995 Today marks […]
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July 5, 2018
For the past three years, I’ve been taking art classes and learning the piano. The piano is an instrument I always wanted to play, but never did as a kid. And I hadn’t drawn or painted since year 9, when I concluded I couldn’t even draw decent stick figures. So, I’m a complete beginner in […]
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May 29, 2018
On Being … a Beginner
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When was the last time you were a beginner? A time when you felt you didn’t know a thing, perhaps even wondered whether you should even bother trying? And do you remember how you felt? The Little Arthouse When I walked into Vanessa Lombardo’s Little Arthouse studio, I had no intention of picking up a […]
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April 3, 2018
I’ve just returned from a short trip to Bintan Island in Indonesia – part holiday and part support crew for my husband, who was competing in a three-day bike race, the Tour of Bintan. With the race as the major focus of our stay, I saw only a tiny part of what there is to […]
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