Cook Your Own Stories
Literary Diet, the final dayTomorrow it won't be January any more, which feels rather abrupt. But there are still a few hours left of the month in which The Guardian…
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Cook Your Own Stories
Literary Cleanse: days 23 to 30.
I'm so behind with posting about The Guardian's Literary Diet that I'm reduced to just giving highlights. Day 23 was Roger Robinson (right) reading from his TS Eliot Prize winning…
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Literary Cleanse: days 23 to 30.
Snacking on Literature: Days 20, 21 & 22
Day 20: Amanda Gorman Reads 'The Hill We ClimbThe Guardian suggests watching Under the Volcano for day 20 of its Literary Diet, but who had time to watch a film…
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Snacking on Literature: Days 20, 21 & 22
A Diet of Literature: 17, 18, & 19
https://youtu.be/JNeN7Sf-Jd4Day 17: Longplayer dialoguesThe Guardian's Literary Diet continues with video chats between interesting thinkers. I sat and listened to this one while embroidering an ensō and, while most of what…
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A Diet of Literature: 17, 18, & 19
A Diet of Literature 8, 9 & 10
Image: Pinterest An Afternoon in Linen, Shirley Jackson Until I went to the USA in 2019 I hadn't heard of Shirley Jackson. Then, in one of those pleasant, idle conversations…
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A Diet of Literature 8, 9 & 10
A Diet of Literature #4, 5, 6 & 7
Having forgotten quite how busy the first working week of a year can be, I've gotten a little behind with my literary diet. This has been a week of meetings,…
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A Diet of Literature #4, 5, 6 & 7
A Diet of Literature #3: Wild Nights
For day three of their literary diet, the Guardian suggests listening to Kate Bush sing her song, 'The Sensual World' which is, they say, based on Molly Bloom's soliloquy from…
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A Diet of Literature #3: Wild Nights
A Diet of Literature #2: No Clue
It's day two of the Guardian's literary diet and on today's menu is a film. What's more it is a reimagining of Jane Austen's Emma, a book I studied at university…
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A Diet of Literature #2: No Clue
A Diet of Literature #1: Rising with Maya
In The Guardian, 27 December 2020, Claire Armitstead suggested a literary diet for this January. I like this idea, very much, so I'm going to try and follow it. She…
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A Diet of Literature #1: Rising with Maya
Readember December
This has been an odd year for most of us. Even the hardiest, even the most introverted of introverts, even the most privileged, is likely to have experienced some twinges…
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Readember December