Last week was the first session of the Galley Beggar Press Critical Reading class I signed up to in the summer, discussing The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine. Chief Galley Beggar Sam Jordison led and moderated the discussion. It was an interesting evening and the two hours sped by, probably the first time I’ve spent that Read More
Tag: Mothers and sons
Reading progress & a review -Eurotrash by Christian Kracht
“O tempora, o mores” as Cicero said. Can you believe the state that a certain orange person and his sidekicks have gotten us into? I’m not going to get into politics here though. My reading has also suffered. I twisted my knee in early Feb, it didn’t feel a bad one, but after a month Read More
Happy Mother’s Day – with Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips will be known to everyone as a Labour MP (for Yardley in Birmingham) and an ardent feminist. She serves on the Opposition frontbench as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding and during this week, which saw the tragic murder of Sarah Everard, in the House of Commons International Women’s Day debate, she Read More
