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But it seems that freedom is merely the right to starve. With the aid of Faerie and mortal alike, he saved the life of every man, woman and child on those islands… and now it is time to define how those lives ought The Duskin Lords have been overturned, and the slaves of the Gray Isles set free. With the aid of Faerie and mortal alike, he saved the life of every man, woman and child on those islands… and now it is time to define how those lives ought to be lived. But when the hands he raises and the mind he uses both belonged to the greatest evil he ever knew, how can he trust any choice he makes?
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Sep 26, J. Fascinating fantasy novella with some real adventure in it, and some decent humor. Realistic characters and absorbing plotline. I did have trouble picturing some of the action; some descriptions, especially toward the end, were abbreviated for the story's shorter length, leaving me not quite picturing the setting or subsequently the characters' movements. Sometimes the weather, sometimes work, sometimes my own laziness. But last week, I finally made the trip to this little slice of solemn London to read about stories of sacrifice from ordinary, extraordinary people.
Council gardeners were spreading fertiliser, striding through the damp and undernourished flowerbeds in eye-searing high vis jackets; wheeling barrow loads of foul-smelling muck to throw over the churned, red and raw scented earth. I read about children who died saving siblings and friends. As I stood there and stared, slowly absorbing these lives, I started to forget the other people around me. Instead I looked left and caught the eye of the elderly woman next to me and we smiled.
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A shared, paper thin sort of smile that acknowledged both how wondrous and wretched these stories were. At the start of the year I set myself a challenge to read more in So I picked five books on everything from celestial signs and teenage abandonment to adulterous wives and mystical circuses for January and got stuck in. The Luminaries has been on my intimidating must read list ever since it won the Man Booker Prize…and also because I knew it was written about a place in New Zealand that I visited all too briefly but fell quickly in love with: Structured like the waning and waxing cycle of the moon, this book both transported and frustrated me.
After I started this canary yellow copy of the classic French novel I began to wonder why I had never read it before. As she embarks on ever bigger affairs and begins to loose herself to her self-concoted idea of love and luxury, everything begins to crumble around her; while her husband remains staid and loyal to the bitter very bitter end. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers.
It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. In the beginning, two magicians make a bet as to who can raise the best assistant.
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Set in 17th century Amsterdam, Jessie Burton has created a historical masterpiece where every detail and nuance has been impeccably researched. I demolished this book in two days. I have been in love with Murakami since I read Kafka on the Shore while travelling years ago and was over the moon when a good friend gave me Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki for my last birthday.
This book felt very much like a classic Murakami. It follows Tsukuru Tazaki, a high schooler in Nagoya with a close-knit group of four friends, each who have names that mean a colour: Suddenly, without warning or reason, these four friends cut all ties with Tazaki and he is set adrift, grey, depressed and very much alone. As Murakami books go, this was a slow burner, seeped in sadness and full of long, drawn out, contemplative discussions.
Getting through these books in one month has been a challenge, especially since I stupidly picked The Luminaries, which is a whopping pages long. Writing can be a tricky thing. Especially if you end up writing for a living as well as for pleasure. Sort your life out. Sometimes I see nothing at all.
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Everything goes completely blank and not in the pleasing black canvas ideal, more in the black hole of nothingness sense. When I need inspiring I go here:. Messy Nessy Chic — a blog on offbeat travel destinations and photo diaries of the unusual and the obscure. See the inspiration vault for an endless source of joy like this post: Take a dance break.
These are the songs that never fail to get me moving for three minutes. Get out of the house. Nothing clears my mind or focuses me like a walk around one of the Commons Clapham, Wandsworth or Tooting near me or an afternoon spent in a coffee shop typing away.
The current one is an intimate look at sex called The Institute of Sexology and is running until September When this happens I always try to write around what I am meant to be writing. I write adjectives I like, sensations, memories and names and their surrounding semantic fields. As a wise man or character if you want to be pedantic once said: There was also a lingering fear of actually writing one and officially letting go of You see, was a very good year. That some of the most challenging projects can be the most rewarding … even the ones that feel like they might kill you in the process.
That Malaga is more than just a gateway to the horrors of the Costa del Sol. I took on a role late in as the interim editor of the Ticketmaster UK blog, which meant that I spent my days doing fun things like chatting to Lulu and going backstage at Urinetown and my nights watching back to back shows, from Wicked and Cats to The Marriage of Figaro and La Boheme.
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That London can still surprise me with secret jazz salons and hidden, half-forgotten graveyards. I lost my ability to devour books in a single session somewhere midway through last year. Which brings me round to another goal: Finally, my only other personal goal is to stop letting London life get to me. London is a strange place. I often find myself teetering on the edge of agony and ecstasy, one brilliant exhibition or one mind numbing commuter crush away from happiness or depression. It makes you feel bad for spending evenings and weekends indoors and berates you for missed opportunities.
These things are not a necessity but a treat. In the spirit of my new, slightly more magnanimous and London-loving self, a happy new year to you all. The award-winning pastry chef and chocolate expert offers regular chocolate work and cake decorating classes throughout the year at Cake Boy, and his patisserie pedigree is indisputable — only Lanlard can turn an ordinary eclair into a work of art — so who better to set sail with for a masterclass in The Cookery Club — the first cookery school that can be found on board a British cruise ship.
Post ganache cake making and delicate, hazelnut praline truffle piping, we were given a taster of this intriguing afternoon tea, which could probably be summed up in two words: Article originally written for the lovely chaps at Foodepedia. Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Miraculously, it seems in central London.
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Although, in a rare departure, Wedgwood has injected an almost masculine element with an intricate weave of black glaze against the pastel pink and blue. Their Taste of History range fuses historic blends with design. I was enchanted by the fruity, apricot flavours in the Encaustic, which tasted of pure, Italian sunshine and was served with a side of apricot and honey panforte courtesy of food history loving wunderkind Tasha Marks of Animal Vegetable Mineral Curiosities , who, between courses of cornflower cracknels and orange marmalade truffles, I managed to snag for a chat about foodie-spiration.
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What I really wanted the recipe for though was her chewy, almost toffee-like biscuit dragons that came propped up against cups of the Chinese Tiger tea and apparently the secret is an old marzipan recipe. Contemporary marzipan is very sweet and more like a fondant while old marzipan would be more like a cakey mixture. A pseudo-healthy historic biscuit recipe for the carb-loving modern masses? Crack out the cocktail glasses and enjoy! According to the test results I should be averse to sour food, neat cocktails and strong liquors like whiskey and gin.
I like floral-based gins, one of my favourite summer gin glugs involves Bloom Gin, but I could easily be persuaded to make With a Spot of Elderflower my go-to gin for the coming months. The super-taster test, on the other hand, was genuinely fascinating. We were all given a tiny clear pouch containing a tiny square of white paper, which was, we found out afterwards coating in a small amount of.
The Robin Collective informed us that super-tasters have a higher concentration of taste buds than most people, meaning we taste flavours with more intensity and tend to lean towards sweeter flavours. Whereas, mild tasters enjoy extreme tastes from sweet to sour as well as red meat and fatty food.