A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
Life on Wearside in 1974 gets our attention here. From schools to shipyards and sport to shopping, we have included it all in this poignant look back in time. Woolworths is all lit up in Fawcett Street, and Deptford shipyard workers are smiling in the sun. The Marsden tug is hard at work and Ryhope School was preparing to put on its version of Tommy the rock opera. Over at Hillview Infants, the new starters were settling in and at Roker Park, Joe Bolton and Bobby Kerr were celebrating a goal....
Pots of slime, pig heads, sexy dolls we were only looking for a present for my son’s fourth birthdayThis week I found myself in a large toy shop in a retail park off London’s North Circular. We were looking, in a pleasant panic, for a present for my son’s fourth birthday. His birthdays always hit me in an odd way, a bit like those slaps round the face they have in films to stop the woman screaming. Because: he was born at the beginning of the pandemic and, just as his early developmental stages...
The Sainsbury’s employee was sacked after working at the London supermarket for nearly 20 years
Roderick Jackson sued the retailer earlier this year over a “false pretense of shoplifting” and because he claims to have “suffered civil rights violations based on race/color.”
Roderick Jackson sued the retailer earlier this year over a “false pretense of shoplifting” and because he claims to have “suffered civil rights violations based on race/color.”
I've always rather liked Dame Prue Leith . She's snazzy and no-nonsense, the sort who tells it like it is and seems like she'd be a good giggle over a gin and tonic.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson had a 'life-changing day' when he visited soldiers at the Walter Reed Military Hospital on Wednesday. The star shared an emotional video of visit.
No matter what life throws your way, Cmdr. Kellie Smith is adamant about one thing: Never give up.
Cordatus Real Estate Limited has submitted the application, which has been newly published by Derry City & Strabane District Council. The proposal is for ‘a new shop fit out with reconfiguration of fire escape’ and with a ‘proposed new access with glazed shopfront and double entrance door’. The application states that ‘the works are taking place on the Lisnagelvin Shopping Centre Site in Derry’ and ‘located to the rear side of the shopping centre’ opposite Long’s Supervalu. Proposed elevations...
Shoppers have been flocking to Søstrene Grene at Lower Precinct Shopping Centre
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