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Born Luck: my mum Jackie Collins and her wild infant alter ego

February 23, 2019February 21, 2019 by estebanoreilly

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As a girl, shed listen to her mum read bits from her latest blockbuster. Six months after Jackie Collins death, her daughter celebrates her greatest creation: kickass heroine Lucky SantangeloI used to forget that my mother was famous, but Id soon remember when we were out and a whispered hush…

After 25 years of being homeless, I learned there’s one simple thing you can do to help | Gregory P Smith

January 25, 2019January 23, 2019 by estebanoreilly

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I felt so invisible that sometimes being bashed was a relief at the least the thugs were engaging with meThere are as many pathways to homelessness as there are homeless people in the world. For some, it's a sudden freefall triggered by a lost job, a broken home life or…

‘I was weak, despairing, confused’: did writing a fiction attain me ill?

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019 by estebanoreilly

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It started with a bottomless tiredness, and soon novelist Sarah Perry was unable to function. Had she brought it all on herself? On Christmas Eve 2013, with hail falling on Norwich, I set out to jog three miles through the cyclone on the track beside the river. The spire of…

15 Reasons Why Dating A Girl Who Reads Will Enhance Your Life

December 22, 2018December 21, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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Dating a girl who reads will certainly enhance your life. Here is why you should date a bookworm. 1. She is curious . A girl who loves to read is an avid learner; always hungry for more knowledge and more books. She will be just as curious about and your…

The Book of Hygge review- can the Danes really teach us how to live?

November 22, 2018November 21, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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This book, by Louisa Thomsen Brits, is one of many titles on hygge and the Danish style of living. But hygge has a dark side what if the price of cosiness isnt worth paying? Hygge voices from the outside like a meme to permit hipsters to grow old: a Danish…

30 Signs You Were Born A Badass Risk Taker

November 9, 2018November 7, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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While we often discuss risk-taking as a trait, some intrinsic part of an individuals personality, risk-taking is actually a process. The process of deciding whether or not to engage in a behaviour that has a significant likelihood of resulting in a negative outcome. And you know what? Negative outcomes are…

1968: the year that changed America

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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The cliche says that if you can recollect the Sixties, you werent really there. But Hendrik Hertzberg recollects the decades most explosive year are you all right indeedWhere were you in the 1960 s? And what were you? A toddler, a grade schooler, a teenager? A young adult? Were you…

From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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A misogynist insult in Washington and Westminster, a force for good in Hollywood for centuries, witches have represented dread of assertive girls. But why does the stereotype persist? During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was inundated with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding…

From Circe to Clinton: why powerful girls are cast as witches

July 6, 2018July 5, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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A misogynist insult in Washington and Westminster, a force for good in Hollywood for centuries, witches have represented fear of assertive females. But why does the stereotype persist? During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was flooded with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding…

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton review- no twinge of repentance

June 16, 2018June 15, 2018 by estebanoreilly

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The presidential candidate blames everyone but herself for her shock defeat to Trump in this hubristic memoirIn common with everyone who is likely to read this review, I mourned when Hillary Clinton lost the election last November. Now there is an extra reason for unhappines: with time on her hands,…

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