O’Farrell has said in interviews that she couldn’t have begun to write Hamnet’s story until her own son had passed the age at which he died.
Day: June 12, 2020
FEEL BESTOWED WITH THE GIFT OF ELOQUENCE
Think you know your novels from your love notes? Your Heaney from your hearsay? Test your literary knowledge with this fun quiz.
ARGYLL AND BUTE NEWS IN BRIEF
Economic Recovery Plan agreed to tackle COVID-19 impact “We need to work together locally to help recover our local economy.” The Leader of Argyll and
BBC SCOTLAND RECEIVES TOP AWARD FOR GUILT
The winner of the Drama Series category, Guilt, is the first drama commission of the new BBC Scotland channel and beat off big hitters, like past winner Line of Duty. The new BBC Scotland Channel had further success with their programme, Jocky Wilson Says, winning best Sports Documentary. Stardust, a six-part podcast about the 1981 Stardust fire was the first podcast in Celtic Media Festival’s history to win best Radio Documentary.
GET ON YOUR BIKE – BUT CHECK YOUR HELMET
Since the pandemic, more and more people are using bikes for their daily exercise and this includes children.
UNIONS EXPRESS ALARM AT BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS
Cllr Jonathan McColl, leader of the SNP administration at West Dunbartonshire Council refuses to comment. He told The Democrat that it had made a mistake giving its backing to the trade unions when the digital platform was launched.