Tag: childhood
Tilt by Rosalind Hudis
For Alicia Byrne Keane, Rosalind Hudis’ debut collection, with its themes of disability and loss, is tinged with fairy-tale and reveals an artist’s ey …
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From Seven to the Sea
From Seven to the Sea begins on the narrator Esther’s seventh birthday. It’s also the day of her mother’s wedding, to a man who is not Esther’s father …
Read moreGeorge Carr Reviews Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (Bloomsbury)
SCROLL DOWN FOR SCRIPT George Carr reviews the novel Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (published by Bloomsbury on 18 April). Researched, …
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Old Forgotten Things
As you’d expect, Harry was pleased as pie to see his daughter and grandson. But between you, me and these walls, the first of these, Seroca, got on my …
Read moreAshley Owen reviews Zoology by Gillian Clarke
Audio review of Ashley Owen reviewing the poetry collection Zoology by Gillian Clarke, published by Carcanet. Audio recording & edit: Anna Lowthia …
Read moreTrailer for Mihangel Morgan’s novel ‘Hen Bethau Anghofiedig’ (‘Old Forgotten Things’), with English subtitles
An extract from Mihangel Morgan’s story ‘Hen Bethau Anghofiedig’ (‘Old Forgotten Things’), with English subtitles, read by Dewi Huw Owen and translate …
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Life? Or Theatre?
Charlotte Salomon’s work, Life? Or Theatre? was begun in July 1940 in Villefranche-sur-Mer when Salomon was just twenty-three years old. According to …
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Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Most of my ribbons were for good sportsmanship, a backhanded compliment if ever there was one. As the starting gun was raised, I would look at my comp …
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The Plankton Collector
Preface Take a seashore, let us say one on the leeward coast of an island, where the twice-daily coming in and going out of the sea is, in the main, a …
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