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    A Woman’s World

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    By Ambreen G Iqbal Where did it all go so wrong? One minute we were burning bras, united in our yearning for equality, unanimous in our desire for a voice. Standing at picket lines, staring misogynistic society right in the eye and refusing to back down. The next, well – flash-forward to present day and…

  • Creative, News

    The Protector

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    By Louis Brierley  from my little window I watch him leave at five-thirty and arrive at ten-thirty and I give him my best smile he turns away and runs inside and locks all doors and windows firmly I sigh and know he is safe but if problems arise I have my own keys  * now…

  • Lifestyle, News

    Maggie Gee in Conversation with Gregory Norminton

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    By Jamie Ryder If creativity represents an ocean, then the written word flows as a river towards its source. Literature is the beating heart that supplies knowledge to the body of society. Writers are a unique breed and no two are the same. It seemed only fitting, therefore, that a particular writer should speak about…

  • Entertainment, News

    ‘Get On Up’ Film Review

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    By Lucas Berry Get On Up is Tate Taylor’s biopic drama of the late James Brown. The film charts Brown’s rise to fame, from his complex and impoverished childhood to god-like status in music. While demonstrating the large body of music Brown was responsible for, the film does not condense the rich tapestry of his…

  • Lifestyle, News

    The Luke Bitmead Bursary Award 2014

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    By Jacqueline Grima In August of this year, after receiving half a dozen or so rejections from literary agents, I decided to submit the manuscript of my unpublished novel, Coming Second, to the Luke Bitmead Bursary, a free-to-enter annual competition for unpublished novelists that specifically targets writers whose personal circumstances such as disability, a caring…

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