Category: Articles
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Never Let Me Go
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, April 2014.] This book is the story of three unusual friends but they are distinctly different to the people in the wider world, those they call "normals," because they have been cloned only to donate their organs. This is in fact their main function in…
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Land, bread and peace of mind
Photo: Javier. [This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, April 2014.] If any political slogan ever summed up the basic needs of the human animal, it was Lenin’s call to revolution in Russia almost a century ago: "Peace, Bread and Land!" Today in Europe, would these essential elements be much different? The…
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The White Tiger
[A version of this article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, March 2014.] The author sets the tone with the book opening (and continuing all the way through) in the form of a letter by the main character to the Chinese premier. It is only in the final chapter when we learn…
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Every Light in the House Burnin’
[This article was first published in Catalonia Today magazine, Feb. 2014] Andrea Levy’s "Every Light In The House Burnin’" is the dialoue-heavy story of a young north-London girl and her Jamaican immigrant parents as their traditional, conservative family makes its way into her young adulthood. Seemingly largely autobiographical, the book is divided into…
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Carnal mud
spring in winter and free wine today it was as if somewhere a switch was flicked hungry but don’t want to eat only bitterness can be wrung from the cold (but disaster is only a muscle twitch away) is there a word for that sensation of "this happy moment cannot last"…
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Work Beats Life
It is well known that British people work the longest hours of any country in Europe. This is probably the one aspect of our lives that we allow to rob us the most of the time, energy and patience we could have with our children. This has long been the case regarding men, but it…
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The Remade Parent
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land And don’t criticize what you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin’. Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand For the times they are a-changin’. (Bob Dylan) Having now stated…
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The Economic Crisis: A Perfect Time to Rethink Parenting
Has there ever been a better moment to rethink parenting than right now? The global recession has given us a perfect opportunity to re-evaluate how we live our lives and the ways we bring up children. For those us who are still lucky enough to have paid work there are pressing new demands, such as…
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Contents page
THE REMADE PARENT (Why We Are Losing Our Children & How We Can Get Them Back) Author: Brett Hetherington CHAPTERS: 1. REMAKING PARENTING: Introduction The Economic Crisis: A Perfect Time To Rethink Parenting Why Is The Remaking Of Modern Parenting Necessary? What Is A Parent Anyway? 2. PREVENTING THE EXTINCTION OF THE FATHER & THE…
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