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Maura’s  Blog 7- The Ripple Effect

Maura’s Blog 7- The Ripple Effect

I checked the dictionary, and a ripple, by definition, is a small wave on the surface of the water. We know that once started, the waves go on and on. It also has another definition – a type of ice cream with wavy lines of syrup running through it. But never mind that, my favourite...

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Maura’s Blog 5 – ‘I am not fat’

Maura’s Blog 5 – ‘I am not fat’

I forgot to eat lunch today……. I just can’t eat…….. I have lost my appetite. These are statements that I have never used! Most of my adult life I have been overweight. I am currently overweight. I was a fairly average sized teenager and was pregnant at the age of 18. I ate for two...

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Maura’s Blog 4- Women, W.O.M.A.N

Maura’s Blog 4- Women, W.O.M.A.N

I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity whilst blogging of talking about women family, work and friendship. This is not political or exclusively professional in any sense just a series of observations. As I started to make notes for this piece I got to thinking about the women that have influenced me over the...

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‘Fury’ by Salman Rushdie  BOOK REVIEW

‘Fury’ by Salman Rushdie BOOK REVIEW

Fury by Salman Rushdie Book Review  by Gulnaz Brennan Fury, Rushdie’s eighth novel is a love story. It is a novel of an old, deep love gone wrong, of a second, twisted passion rooted in wrongness, and of a third, passionate love that might just turn out right. It is also a murder mystery! Ex-Professor,...