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![]() ![]() Women entering a different stage in their lives have often explored their own identity and sexuality because they “possibly care less about what people think and they feel more confident about who they are”. Women coming out later in life is not a new phenomenon, said Ruth Hunt, head of LGBT rights organisation Stonewall. Cynthia Nixon – who played Miranda in Sex and the City, was in a heterosexual relationship for 15 years before she fell in love with Christine Marinoni while actor Portia de Rossi was married to a man before she married comedian and talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres in 2008. Later-in-life lesbians – women who identify as lesbians or declare same-sex feelings in their 30s, often after serious relationships, marriage and children – have come more into the public consciousness in recent years, with a string of high-profile women publicly leaving heterosexual relationships for female partners.īritish retail guru Mary Portas was married to a man for 14 years and had two children before marrying and having a child with fashion editor-at-large Melanie Rickey. My heart is exploding with love and it’s coming your way.” “Tears of joy, anguish, truth, human-ness, sorrow, pain, fear, beauty, love. ![]() “This made me cry, like many of your posts,” wrote one fan. Many sought to answer the author’s call for “whatever extra love you might be carrying around in your hearts right now” to be sent in her and Elias’ direction. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Allied commanders were ignorant of the terrain, and seriously underestimated the Turkish army which had been bolstered by their German allies. ![]() From the very beginning of the first landings, however, the campaign went awry, and countless casualties. ![]() The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey's entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus allowing the Allies to take control of the eastern Mediterranean and increase pressure on the Central Powers to drain manpower from the vital Western Front. ![]() Ī century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led and pointless campaign of the entire First World War. The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey's entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus allowing the Allies to take control of the eastern Mediterranean and increase pressure on the Central Powers to drain manpower from. A century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led and pointless campaign of the entire First World War. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, he’s the bad guy, but I really enjoy when an author makes them understandable (not by trying to justify what they’re doing, but giving them believable motives than just ‘born evil’) plus I’m a sucker for the ‘Friendly Enemy’ trope. We’re introduced to Darius, a powerful mage and the king’s right hand who rules the land by proxy, who is super compelling and I have to admit I was rooting for him throughout the book. If you’ve read Mara Rutherford’s Crown of Coral and Pearl duology, you know she has a knack for charismatic scene-stealing villains and her newest book LUMINOUS is no different. But the greatest danger she’ll face is yet to come, for Darius has plans in motion that will cause the world to fall into chaos–and Liora and Evran may be the only ones who can stop him.Ī witch who must learn to harness her power–or risk losing her loved ones forever. To find Evran and to save her sister, Liora must embrace the power she has always feared. To make matters worse, Evran, Liora’s childhood friend and the only one who knows her secret, goes missing following Darius’s visit, leaving her without anyone to turn to. ![]() Instead, he demands that her younger sister return to the capital with him. But when her worst nightmare comes to pass, Darius doesn’t take her. ![]() ![]() Liora has spent her life in hiding, knowing discovery could mean falling prey to the king’s warlock, Darius, who uses mages’ magic to grow his own power. PUBLICATION DETAILS: by Harlequin Australia on January 5th, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boccaccio ends “The Decameron” with a joke about how some readers might dismiss him as a lightweight, although, he explains, he weighs a lot. The stories in the book are largely not new but are instead reincarnations of old familiar tales. It was first read and loved by the very people who watched roughly half their fellow citizens die. This is the structure of Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” a book that has been celebrated now for nearly 700 years.īoccaccio, himself from Florence, most likely began writing “The Decameron” in 1349, the same year his father died, probably of the plague. Most of the stories are silly, some are sad and none are focused on the plague. In another, a heartbroken woman grows basil in a pot that contains her lover’s severed head. In one story, a nun mistakenly wears her own lover’s trousers on her head, as a wimple. What do these young people do, after fleeing unspeakable suffering and horror? They eat, sing songs and take turns telling one another stories. Wild pigs sniff and tear at the rags of corpses, then convulse and die themselves. Some appear healthy at breakfast but by dinner are sharing a meal, it is said, with their ancestors in another world. The afflicted develop lumps in their groins or armpits, then dark spots on their limbs. It’s 1348, in the time of the bubonic plague. Ten young people decide to quarantine outside Florence. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is read by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres two of Britain’s best-loved voice actors. ![]() This collection consists of versions of ten Shakespeare plays including Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello. First published in 1807, these simple retellings of the plots of Shakespeares plays have delighted generations of. This lively and accessible CD version is compelling listening for all the family, and will prove a great resource and inspiration to students, scholars and newcomers to the Bard alike - in short, everybody who enjoys a really good story beautifully told. Their success was immediate and their appeal quickly extended to an adult readership. ![]() Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are probably the recordings for you…īrother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807 based on Shakespeare’s most famous plays. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger, and that he and his "aunt" are robbing them blind every chance they get. Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London's East End to become the adopted "nephew" of a society matron. ![]() or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble to survive. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. ![]() Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the "proper" life she has built for herself, while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn't like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future. Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. ![]() ![]() ![]() The problem: Doing so will destroy the family of the girl Thomas loves. The plan: use 36 barrels of gunpowder to blow up the Igniter King. So when his Keeper father, Guy Fawkes, invites him to join the Gunpowder Plot-claiming it will put an end to the plague-Thomas is in. And if he doesn’t do something soon, he’ll be a lifeless statue. But all Thomas knows is that the Stone Plague infecting his eye is spreading. Keepers think the Igniters caused the plague. And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. ![]() The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England. Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Young Adult ![]() ![]() ![]() With verse and prose mixed together, the descriptions become multilayered and you get the most vivid reading. I suppose I learned a bit about things like Tourettes, Asperger’s and even the hardships of those who have dyslexia through stories like these. My review: I found this an inspiring and moving read of navigating life and school with Tourette’s syndrome. Ellie Terry’s affecting debut will speak to a wide audience about being true to oneself. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public? As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother’s new relationship and the fact that she might be moving – again – just as she starts to make friends and finally accepts her differences. Only Calliope’s neighbor, who’s also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is – an interesting person and a good friend. ![]() But it isn’t long before the kids at her new school realize she’s different. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her Tourettes. What this book is about: Astronomy-loving Calliope Jane has Tourette Syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn’t mean to make. A lyrical read Title: Forget-me-not Author: Ellie Terry Genre: Fiction – contemporary (in verse) Publication details: Feiwel and Friends NY, 2017 ISBN: 9781250096272 (Hardcover) ![]() ![]() Ah, it’s a fine thing for the trade! Five of them strung up in a row, and none left to play booty or turn white-livered!” (P.68) Ironically, as this moment of him talking, he is unwrapping his stolen jewelleries- or what he refers to his “pretty things” (P.69)- that the children stole for him. The prospect of the gallows, too, makes them hardy and bold. The way he speaks of capital punishment is concerning as he says, “What a fine thing capital punishment is! Dead men never repent dead men never bring awkward stories to light. When talking among himself, he talks of capital punishment- which would ultimately be the punishment received for the crimes both him and the boys have committed. ![]() If the boys were doing the pick-pocketing, it meant that he was not directly responsible for the crimes or the one performing the act of the crime- which would mean he has less risk of being caught. He raises the children into a criminal’s life, making the young boys do his own work- using the children for his own security. ![]() ![]() He is a manipulative man who forces the children into a life of crime and traps them by using fear and threatens them with death penalty. ![]() Fagin is a richly drawn, resounding embodiment of terrifying villainy. ![]() |