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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Mind Your Language

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for May. The theme for our current editions of Write On! Extra is 'Mind Your Language: Words And How We Use Them,' which is a perfect theme for a magazine for and about writers. It’s especially relevant to my Thoughtful Tuesday’s page, as ...

Monday Moments: Making It Up

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Introduced By Holly King It’s weird to think that, at one point, every word we use had to be made up. It's said that Shakespeare coined (‘made up’) over 400 words in his plays and sonnets, which we have adapted into everyday language, including to 'catch a cold', 'swagger' and even ...

Thursday Connectors: The Other Side Of Motherhood

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By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Welcome back to this super edition of Thursday Connectors with me, your host, Farzana. I’m so glad I’m here, because today’s Connectors has definitely affected me, going straight to my heart! I’ve already told you many times, I'm a sentimental, emotional kind of lady. Now, in my ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hodge Podge

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By Eithne Cullen When I told our editor Madeleine I had a mixture of different kinds of pieces for today’s page, I was searching for a word to describe the mix: melange? eclectic? serendipity? Madeleine said she thought it sounded more like a hotch-potch, so that’s what it is. And to ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nature Inspiring Creativity

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to March’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Our theme for the month is Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present And Future and on today’s page, I’d like to turn the theme around and use this as a starting point to look at the nature of creativity – particularly pertinent, as it's ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: St Valentine

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my page today. This week, you will be celebrating or not celebrating, embracing or ignoring, the feast of St Valentine. This poor Roman priest and physician - who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus - has become the patron ...

Monday Moments: Nature Inspiring Creativity

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Introduced By Holly King Moving into February and our new theme of Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present and Future,’ I have a whole forest of features from writers who are inspired by natural places. Nature is something that has been the focus of writers and artists for centuries, with pinnacle poems such ...

Thursday Connectors: Wonders Of The Mind

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By Farzana Hakim Hi, it's Farzana, your host, bringing you the first Thursday Connectors of the year. Hooray and Happy New Year everybody, although the greeting may seem to be a few weeks too late, as February is fast approaching! I’m taking a really laid-back approach to life this year. You can’t ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nonsense Poetry

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to the first ‘Thoughtful Tuesday’ page of 2022. It’s hard to believe it’s almost two years since we started the Extra pages to keep us going through what we thought might be a few weeks of lockdown. Yet here we still are, and we’re off to a ...