Year: 2020
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My Favourite Books of 2020

The cold months are my favourite – the bare trees, the ice cold prickle of a light wind against my face, the frost on windows creating intricate snowflakes in the sunlight, and the quiet that comes with Winter days. In the North, the sky is often grey, the lakes freeze over, and a light dusting…
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Landscape Painting – A Short Short Story

Clare called the week before her eighty-fifth, insisting they gather at the University Parks in celebration of her birthday, ‘Wear a dress, Mum, I know you don’t want to, but it’ll be warm. And bring a hat.’ The choice of clothing and the forcefulness with which she told her to wear a hat reminded Louisa…