2021

Books and Libraries: Poems

Preface   Andrew D. Scrimgeour The Love of Books All Sorts of Readers Turning the Page Discovering Reading Celebrating Individual Books and Authors Because of Libraries Always the Librarians The Writing of Books Marginalia Rethinking Books and Reading

Why the Germans Do it Better

Map of Germany Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction – Them and Us Rebuilding and Remembering Mutti’s Warm Embrace Multikulti No Longer a Child The Wonder The Dog Doesn’t Eat the Dog No More Pillepalle Conclusion

Poetry Rebellion

Rewilding the Rebel Bird: What the birds say Sun: When the sun shines Moon: Where to moon goes

BBC Young Musician 2020: Final

from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 00:06:55 Anna Lapwood interviews Nicholas Daniel (oboist and commentator) 00:08:35 Jess Gillam: “For me, one interesting aspects of this final is that all the music being performed has been composed in the last five decades or so, with two of the pieces by female composers. It’s lyrical, it’s exciting and …

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The Medicine Book

Ancient and Medieval Medicine: Prehistory to 1600[rtoc] A shaman to combat disease and death: Prehistoric medicine A healer of one disease and no more: Ancient Egyptian medicine The balance of the doshas is freedom from disease: Ayurvedic medicine We rebuild what fortune has taken away: Plastic surgery First, do no harm: Greek medicine A body …

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