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Turn again, Dick Whittington

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London is a great place to live. I am always happy to return here after being away. Yet I grew up in a relatively rural environment. A village in fact. The sense of dislocation when one journeys from one to … Continue reading

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Warp and weft

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‘To spin a yarn’ we say, meaning to tell a story. Or ‘to weave a tale’. The dictionary definition of ‘to weave’ includes ‘to make by crossing threads, strands strips… to interlace…to work into a fabric, story etc.‘ ‘To spin’ … Continue reading

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The Precarity Centre

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Precarity (n) – a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat. Art duo, They are Here ( Helen Walker and Harun Morrison ) last week launched The Precarity Centre, … Continue reading

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Rain Stopped Play

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This Summer there are no fewer than three five-day Test matches in London, as well as the Women’s World Cup. The first and third Tests are at Lords and the second was at The Oval in south London (though the … Continue reading

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When Greeks Flew Kites…

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….is the title of a new Radio 4 series of discussions about history and historical fiction. ( Everyone, it seems, is exploring historical fiction these days, though the Clapham Book Festival did it first in The Past is Another Country … Continue reading