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Freelance writer. Bad poet. Based in São Paulo. More.

Entries in books (8)

Wednesday
Jun102015

Homeward Bound.

I first created this wish list of things I might like to do when we returned to the UK in 2010, after having been in Brazil for just over a year. Now, six years, two children and an explosion of crow’s feet and grey hairs later, I've dug it out to see how it stands the test of time.

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Saturday
Apr262014

Transcendence of the Dolls.

Quite literally a couple of thoughts about a recent Julia Donaldson title, The Paper Dolls, featuring illustrations by Rebecca Cobb.

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Monday
Apr212014

Outlaws. 

I'm really enjoying the Disney Robin Hood at the moment. I particularly like the analogy they're drawing between the civil rights movement of that era and the peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. But that's not all.

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Wednesday
Nov132013

Gained in Translation.

Some thoughts on Sebastian Faulks' Jeeves and the Wedding Bells and why it's such fun.

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Tuesday
May072013

Kith My Ath.

Some thoughts about an interesting if rather rebarbative Start the Week with Jay Griffiths and others discussing her book Kith.

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