Wraptious Competition
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‘Unfamiliar’ by Kate Pellegrini
UNFAMILIAR Spending eight weeks in my homeland after three decades of living abroad, it’s great to connect with my tribe, though my birth town seems like a craved love affair that did not happen. New high rise towers and freeways stud…
‘Snow’ by Orhan Pamuk
This is a fascinating read, giving insight on a small Turkish town, where political factions compete for dominance in troubled times. The protagonist is an indifferent poet, who sits on the political fence to practice his art. He had rejected…
‘Depressive Illness- The Curse of the Strong’ by Dr Tim Cantopher
A wonderfully short, helpful book for those dealing with, or living with, or close to someone with clinical depression. Cantopher's key message is that this illness is rare, and it is not just mental; it has physical symptoms which need…
‘Broken Promises’ at The Royal Court
A terrific short play, only half an hour long, but packing a punch. True ensemble acting, where the play developed over the five weeks of rehearsals, and the actors only knew their actual role quite late in the process. Wonderful…
‘Reflection’ by Kate Pellegrini
Spending thirty years thinking about art, fitting around family, the day job, living, studying works of past masters, contemporaries, practising the craft of manipulating pigment, figuring how to portray feelings, observations of your time and place to make an object of beauty…
‘Small Great Things’ by Jodi Picault
This is a great novel set in New York - tackling racism, injustice and the natural bias we all carry around inherently as we live our daily lives, just because of the environs we were born into. Ruth is an…