Category Archives: Hope

In Retrospect, Simon Armitage

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Angela

In Retrospect The world asks a great deal of the poppies, insists they carry the wounds of war and shoulder the weight of remembrance. Such flimsy, wavering plants; we painted their flowers the colour of blood and punched dark holes … Continue reading →

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Hidden Histories with Nova Reid

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Angela

Nova Reid, producer, author, truthseeker and all-round remarkable Black woman, has made a podcast with Audible about other remarkable and unsung Black women: women who not only survived enslavement and unimaginable racism, but who thrived. It’s called Hidden Histories and, … Continue reading →

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A Valentine to Life: What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Angela

Unlike forty-five million people worldwide, I’d never read a Sophie Kinsella novel until I picked up What Does It Feel Like? in my local bookshop a couple of weeks ago. But if, like me, you’re not one of the forty-five … Continue reading →

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A Blessing for our times

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Angela

Jan Richardson wrote this Blessing for her blog The Advent Door in 2014. It’s included in her book Circle of Grace published in 2015. Elsewhere Richardson talks about wild and stubborn hope. I love that phrase. A friend of mine … Continue reading →

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