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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Deborah Moggach: The Carer
Chattering, snarling and teeth-gnashing
in many people the language of the land is harmed, and some use strange inarticulate utterance, chattering, snarling, and harsh teeth-gnashing Continue reading Chattering, snarling and teeth-gnashing
Roberto Bolaño: A Little Lumpen Novelita
Naomi Wood: The Hiding Game
Hipy Papy Bthuthday
It’s International Literacy Day
So Owl wrote… and this is what he wrote:
HIPY PAPY BETHETHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY
Pooh looked on admiringly.
“I’m just saying, A Happy Birthday,” said Owl carelessly.
“It’s a nice long one,” said Pooh, very impressed by it.
And here’s to the noble teaching profession that makes it all possible: Continue reading Hipy Papy Bthuthday
Oyinkan Braithwaite: My Sister, The Serial Killer
Fake news
The historian knows how vulnerable is the whole texture of facts in which we spend our daily lives; it is always in danger of being perforated by single lies or torn to shreds by the organized lying of groups, nations, or classes, or denied and distorted, often carefully covered up by reams of falsehoods…
Hannah Arendt