Thanks to Theo Webb for this.
I’ve been a Guardian reader for 40 years, but no longer. Here’s why.
Originally posted on Walker's Rambles:
Today, I received a routine email from the Guardian regarding my ongoing subscription to the paper. I have been a regular reader of the Guardian for 40 years including as a subscriber in recent years. But no longer. My email explaining why is listed below. Hi there Thank you…
Cobbler Soul
Originally posted on Progressing into Solitude:
I once knew a vet Tried and true Made a living Fixing your shoe His business Went under For in these times We buy a new pair Before repairing our old All I ask If you have a chance Replace your soul Before buying A new pair inspired by a guy from…
Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise
Originally posted on Roy Marshall:
The quote at the top of this page is taken from the wall of ‘Shakespeare and co.’ a bookshop on the left bank in Paris. I discovered the shop when returning from a train trip through several European countries with a girlfriend when I was eighteen and took a photograph,…
The Referendum
Unless you have been in Outer Mongolia for the past few months you will be all too aware that this Thursday, 23rd June, UK citizens will be voting whether to remain in, or to leave, the European Union. Let me say at the beginning that I think that the worst mistake of many made by… Continue reading The Referendum
Guest Author – Avril Joy on setting her novel in a place she’s never been
Originally posted on The Literary Sofa:
Following last week’s Writers on Location about Chicago from Douglas Cowie, coverage of my Summer Reads 2016 selection continues today. I’m already receiving great feedback on books people have discovered there. As my latest guest Avril Joy explains, the conversation proceeded in a somewhat unexpected manner when I asked her…
Trust, abuse, and football
As is becoming increasingly clear there are sadly many women who have been emotionally or sexually abused in childhood by men that they trusted. (I know that there have been men who have been victims and women who have abused, but they are a minority). Many of these women have never spoken out for fear… Continue reading Trust, abuse, and football
