Image: Outside Byron’s former residence in Pisa
One reader commented, “Beautifully written! Very, very beautiful. Speaks to me because you have covered areas I know little about, although some of the backdrop may be familiar. Makes me want to go to Pisa and check it out properly. The language in this piece is beautiful. It sings! Excellent photographs too.”
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Spanning steadfast women to Slow Horses, here’s the article in full
The multicultural, empathetic and modern, everywhere, is under attack in a newly racist and fascist world. But is it really new and can it change? Read the article in full for the answers.
“But the battle isn’t irredeemably lost. If spearheading isn’t your gig, there are still people worth supporting, from climate activist Greta Thunberg to New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, to grassroots leaders of progressive, sustainable living across this distressed planet. Liking them as people shouldn’t be prerequisites, as it’s their urgent causes we need to rally around…”
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It isn’t just our bodies that age, but our psyches. The author recently realised she had lost her ambitions, and was surprised to find she didn’t mind.
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And now, having had a peek at a slightly wider view of the world, please get out there and vote. The options are rarely great but if you’ve done your research, you’ll know the pros and cons of each candidate well, and can make a properly informed decision for a change. When we see the bigger picture, we become less susceptible to manipulation…
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“Awards more fitting, I promise you, than the outrageous annual payments they gift themselves (do I smell a Muskrat or is that $56bn in ill-gotten gains?), or the made-much-of awards that are handed out like party favours amongst the One Per Cent. These poor little rich prats might have cornered the world’s resources, but have they got what they truly deserve? NO, but I’m not that bitch Karma, sadly, so I can’t deliver just desserts.
Yet, ask yourself, what do you give someone who has EVERYTHING? Here are six prizes so perfect for avaricious fat cats and ruthless despots that they’ve never even considered them…”
Image of Kanchenjunga, world’s third highest peak, by Stephen Handley in 2024
Shreya writes a monthly column for several widely circulated international newspapers, in this penultimate one for 2024, written just after Trump’s re-election and her own trip to the Himalayas, she puts forward a plan to protect our mental health, save the planet and survive Trump. To read it in full, please click here
One reader from the US had this to say about it: “”I really enjoyed her piece. She captured a dynamic that is very much related to the United States non-apology, non-reparations for slavery and for Native decimation. And her conclusion was beautifully bloodless. Wrestling with the past and not getting dragged down yourself in a victim-spiral is not easy. She seems to have her head on straight and now she can continue to get her peaceful revenge!”
Another one from India stated, “Extraordinary article! Monte Cristo has been my inspiration for as long as I can remember: I actually consider it the bible for the wronged, the finest revenge manual ever written. I am entirely with you, there’s nothing quite like revenge, the getting even in a soul-satisfying way. All this ‘sorry’ nonsense, and forgiveness bla is for wimps.”
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Image: E.T. or the author??
Shreya Sen-Handley 