On August 9th, Wester Ross based writer Clare O’Brien publishes her first short collection of poetry, Who Am I Supposed To Be Driving? via Hedgehog Poetry Press. Written in tribute to the iconic star who would have been 75 this year, and named after a line in an outtake from his 1996 album 1.Outside, ‘Who … Continue reading Who Am I Supposed To Be Driving?
Neurodivergence – or neurodiversity – are words that get bandied about a lot right now, and not everyone knows what they mean. Adopted first by those on the Autism spectrum, the terms have now expanded to describe almost anyone whose thought processes don’t conform to what’s considered the standard (or ‘neurotypical’) model. That means everything … Continue reading Uncommon senses
Clare O’Brien, Marketing and Competitions Administrator at Autumn Voices, recommends: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (Macmillan, 1973) In the run-up to Christmas I like to re-read a children’s book, but not for nostalgic reasons. Published in 1973 when I was 15 and more interested in glam rock than ancient mythology, Susan Cooper’s The Dark … Continue reading Clare’s Jolabokablog
I never knew my grandfather Joe. He’d been in the army since his teens as a member of the Royal Horse Artillery’s ‘L’ Battery. He was born in 1890 in a tiny house opposite the gasworks in London’s Pimlico (long before it was fashionable), and he was 24 when war broke out. He was a … Continue reading My Grandfather Joe
