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From Acorns to Oaks: An Urgent Agenda to Rebuild Britain by Michael Heseltine

The Brexit Lie Has a Name — and the Men Who Told It Have Gone Very Quiet

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Anthony Seldon's 'The Brexit Effect' is the most serious reckoning with the Brexit decade yet published. It is also, conspicuously, missing the voice of the man who has said plainest what many now believe: that Brexit was a con and that the people who sold it should be held to account. When you read it alongside Michael Heseltine's 'From Acorns to Oaks', you can see the full picture: what was lost, who lost it, and what a different Britain could still become.

Picturesque view of a cobblestone street in Marburg's old town, showcasing historic architecture and cafes.

How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.

Christa Jan Ryan, author of The Compliant Cowgirl, on her porch in a cowboy hat and denim jacket

The Compliant Cowgirl: Christa Jan Ryan's Cautionary Memoir of Love and Codependency

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

In her memoir The Compliant Cowgirl, Christa Jan Ryan follows a man to 1970s Wyoming, loses herself in the relationship, and writes the way back out of codependency.

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The Peacemakers: How 20 Voices Are Rewriting the Rules of Global Conflict Resolution

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The most important conversations about peace rarely take place in government buildings or international summits. More often than not, they happen in community centres, refugee camps and conflict zones where ordinary people are doing the extraordinary work of healing and reconstruction. This reality forms the heart of “At The Heart of Conflict: Talking Resolution,” a […]