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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant My rating: 3 of 5 stars “The Red Tent” by Anita Diamant is a very interesting novel which tries to see the Biblical stories of Jacob and his sons from the point of view of the ‘forgotten’ daughter Dinah and, to an extent, present…
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Continue reading →: On becoming a TEDx speaker
Originally posted on my personal blog – kenthinksaloud . My TEDx talk takes place on Wednesday 7 September in Whitehaven, Cumbria. I hope to see some of you guys there! Uff so sorry guys that it has been an age since I last posted. I really need to pay more attention to…
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Continue reading →: Review: Nripoti by Humayun Ahmed
by Ken Powell Monday 25 July saw a fascinating performance at Manchester’s Z-Arts theatre by ADDA, a cultural arts group which draws its members largely from the Bangladeshi community. For me, it was a most special event. ‘Nripoti’ (The King) is a play by Humayun Ahmed, a famous and well-respected…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini My rating: 5 of 5 stars ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, like the author’s other world-famous book ‘The Kite Runner’, is a book I will probably never read again. Some books are so bad you regret the wasted hours of life you lost reading…
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Continue reading →: Theatre Review: The Professor of Adventure
This review was originally published in the Egremont 2Day in April 2016. Millican Dalton was, without doubt, an oddbod. This self-styled ‘Professor of Adventure’ who left his city job to hide away in a cave in Borrowdale was an eccentric who was famous locally and enjoyed greater national fame in…
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Continue reading →: Theatre Review: The Shepherd’s Life
This review was originally published in the Egremont 2Day in April 2016 This new play based on the bestselling book by James Rebanks and adapted for the stage by Chris Monks, is a bold venture for Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake. With puppets and local volunteers taking important roles, big…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy My rating: 2 of 5 stars This classic novel should subtitled, in my opinion, as “A Tale of Three Bad Men”. It’s not entirely fair to consider a book written nearly 130 years ago from a modernist point of view (or post-modernist if…
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Continue reading →: ‘Being British’ and not making a fuss
My latest opinion piece for the E2D NOW I don’t want to be melodramatic or anything, but at the time of writing I’m just hours away from heading back to Bangladesh – where I spent the six happiest years of my life – and I’m very aware ‘I may not…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies by William Golding My rating: 4 of 5 stars ‘Lord of the Flies’ is another of those classics I always intended to read but never had the chance to until now. I’m not sure the novel deserves its cult status but I am certainly glad it’s…
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Continue reading →: An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
Originally published in the E2D Happy New Year to you all! I hope you’ve all recovered nicely from the holiday season and not finding the dreary trudge of normal life which January always seems to hold in store for us too much for you. Did you make any New Year’s…
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