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Monday Memoirs: Value vs Values

Introduced by Holly King In the months that we’ve been in lockdown, our lives have been thrown up in the air and our regimes scattered about on the floor, like the good old game of 52-Card Pickup (beware if your grandad asks you to play a game of cards that you’ve ...

Thursday Connectors: Africa Away

by Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It’s Farzana here, for our latest edition of Thursday Connectors. As promised, this week I’m taking you on a trip across one of the most culturally rich and diverse continents in the world: Africa. We’ll be connecting to writer friends from Morocco, Kenya and Tunisia, all ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Bringing The Outside In

by Eithne Cullen The theme for this week’s magazine is Bringing The Outside In. We thought this was a good topic as, in these lockdown days, we’re all trying to bring the world into our homes in a number of ways. I’ve been settling down to watch streamed theatre and loving it. ...

Monday Memoirs: Bringing The Outside In

Introduced by Holly King Can you believe it’s Monday again? Does it feel like a Monday any more? How much has your routine changed? How much time have you saved by not commuting or putting on your work suit? Do you still listen to the radio, even though you don’t need ...

Thursday Connectors: Senses Of Nature

by Farzana Hakim It feels great being back for this week’s Connectors. I hope you had a great bank holiday weekend, staying put and remaining locked down in your own homes, despite the conflicting and confusing messages arising from the Cumgate, and the boo for BoJo trends on social media these ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: A Sense Of Nature

by Eithne Cullen The theme for this week’s extra pages is A Sense Of Nature and it's really appropriate for the times we find ourselves in. Firstly, with our false feeling of being imprisoned, we can look out and marvel at how nature goes on despite governments, a virus and the imposition ...

Monday Memoirs: Senses Of Nature

Introduced by Holly King If there’s nothing else to be thankful for (aside from good health), it’s been great weather these past few weeks. With lockdown allowing many of us to go on more frequent walks and take in more of our surroundings, I’ve picked up on a lot more of ...

Friday Feature: The Threads That Bind Us

by Eithne Cullen  I live in a quiet road where people are friendly and say hello to each other when we pass in the street. We chat with some about the weather or how the children are. Many of the neighbours were well established when we moved in over twenty years ...

Thursday Connectors: American Lives Under Lockdown

by Farzana Hakim Hi all, it's Farzana once again, bringing you some fantastic lockdown stories. This week I’m excited because we’re going to be connecting with writer folk from the United States of America. We’ve got some interesting observations from Washington DC and Colorado coming up, as well as our key ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Upskilling

by Eithne Cullen I thought I’d start today’s page on the theme of Upskilling, with a little advice. The government is telling us to be alert. And I’m all for them telling us to be alert, as the old graffiti said: Britain needs lerts! All over the country, people are learning new skills, ...