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Book Review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 4 of 5 starsI almost never read the reviews of others before writing my own review. I don’t want to be coloured by the opinions of others and reviews are, always, merely our opinions turned into judgements. There’s no point me writing a review then if I’m just going to parrot the views […]
Book Review: The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read Bates’ ‘Love For Lydia‘ last year and was not especially entranced by either the writing or the whole raison d’etre of the story. Rich people being boringly melodramatic doesn’t fill me with a great deal of sympathy for the characters, to be honest. ‘The Darling Buds of […]
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Tag Archives: Fundraising
Fundraising for Ria and an Asian night out!
On Monday night Wifey, Thing I and I headed down to a local Chinese restaurant – The Orchid Manor – in Whitehaven. This was not an ordinary night out however. This was a fundraising event for Ria and her campaign. The wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, community, LAMB, Review
Tagged Bangladesh, Chinese food, Fundraising, LAMB, Orchid Manor, Sitar, Whitehaven
13 Comments
I Need Your Help For My Book – Black or White?
I’m nervous. You would be able to tell I’m nervous if somehow you could see my laptop’s history. You’d see I have been – for weeks now – continuously flitting to one or more versions of my Sonali book tweaking here, adding … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Life, Writing
Tagged Bangladesh, book, Fundraising, GoFundMe, publishing, Sonali
47 Comments
Help me help Ria
There are two versions of this post today. You can read one or the other or both. They are complementary though cover the same ground. This one looks at this project from the Bangladesh side of things. The other, on … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Education, Writing
Tagged Bangladesh, Business, Fundraising, LAMB, Lancaster University, Rana Plaza, Sonali, Study in the UK
25 Comments