Snippets from Black Teacher
I cannot begin to do this book justice, nor will these snippets. so I’d really highly recommend reading Beryl Gilroy’s wonderful memoir in full. Of Lady Anne: “I could never really grasp how sincere she was in anything she said. She was able to laugh or cry inside without moving a single muscle in her […]
Snippets from The Old Boys
Really enjoyed William Trevor’s The Old Boys. “As the future narrows one turns too much towards the past. One sees it out of proportion, as though it matters.” “Mr Nox was not lonely … but he had faced loneliness as a boy and come to terms with it. It was like getting over measles, knowing […]
Being “nobody-but-yourself”
In the face of "a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else" and to make you a "consumer", it feels very easy to follow the crowd and feel like you are "losing yourself"
The Weakest Pronoun
James Pennebaker has discovered some astonishing things about pronouns and how we use them. “Basically, we discovered that in any interaction, the person with the higher status uses I-words less (yes, less) than people who are low in status.” Strange. But then for those who don’t believe there is any gender inequality...