On Sunday 26th April 2.30-3.30 Discussion of Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age (see questions for discussion below). You can also read my review of this book. 3.30 onwards: deciding dates, times and books (and any other business) for the next meeting. Please bring along any book suggestions/ descriptions. 5.00 onwards. You are also all warmly encouraged to stay [...]
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Book Club – A Golden Age
Posted in On Writing on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Golden Age – a book review
Posted in Books, tagged 1971, A Golden Age, Bangladesh, independence, Pakistan, Rehana, Tahmima Anan on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t know much about Bangladesh before I read this novel. There were scattered images in my head of children running from flooding, poverty, mud, cloth serving as clothing… deposited but not processed in memory from television news programmes I presume I watched all those years ago. When Bangladesh was finally granted independence in 1971, [...]
Easter in Croatia
Posted in Letters from Trieste, tagged Carso, Casa Matiki, Croatia, easter eggs, Limski Kanal, massage, siestas on fresh hay, Slovenia, Trieste, writing retreat on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Living in Trieste means you can be in Slovenia in 5 mins and Croatia in less than an hour. We got to the heartland of Croatia in a couple of hours (we’re staying at Casa Matiki, just past Kanfanar). The scenery is a continuation of the Carso – a rocky limestone plain that forms the [...]
Tick Attack
Posted in Letters from Trieste, tagged A & E, il burlo, lyme disease, MRSA, new hampshire, pronto soccorso, spring cleaning, ticks, Trieste on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the bucolic paradise behind our soon-to-be house, turned into a rocky horror yesterday when, standing at the bus stop with the kids a couple of hours later, I noticed first one, then another tiny shiny ball clinging to Francesca’s neck. Spent a couple of hysterical (Francesca, not me) minutes pulling the buggers out with [...]
The Virtues of a Good View
Posted in Letters from Trieste, Thought for the Day, tagged Adriatic Gulf, Castello di Miramare, Emperor Masimilliano, Greek islands, Levi's jeans, Piazza Unita, picture windows, Prosecco, room with a view, setting sun, Trieste, view, Yugslavia on April 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is my thought for the day: is a good view really worth it? I mean, literally, the price it costs to have one. Trieste is situated right on the Adriatic Gulf. The main city square, Piazza Unita’, leads down to the water; if you went inter-railing like I did in those days when everyone [...]
Rocky Horror in Trieste
Posted in Letters from Trieste, Reviews, Theatre, tagged Blue Rinse Brigade, Christopher Biggins, Eddie Izzard, Erik Arno, Frank 'n Furter, Frankenstein, Julian Clarey, King's Road, Magenta, Michael Aspel, planetarium scene, Rebel without a cause, Riff Raff, Rob Fowler, Rocky Horror, Royal Court Theatre, Teatro Rosetti, Tim Curry, transsexual, Trieste on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m writing this after a glass or two of Prosecco, sitting on the balcony, looking at the sun set behind the Faro. Yep, me and the girls arrived in Trieste yesterday for the Easter holidays. We went to see the Rocky Horror Show this afternoon! I tell you, The Rocky Horror Show on a Sunday [...]
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