Senior Moment – Summer
So, that’s it, summer has been and gone and we are now officially into autumn. I think it’s fair to say that this year hasn’t been the best of summers for most of us, in fact blink and you could well ...
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A letter from Doreen Cufflin – TV Licences
Mrs K. Regan intends to send a double amount of her TV licence to the BBC. Wouldn’t it be much, much better to send this amount to a charity who would spend it more wisely? A local hospice, air Ambula ...
A letter from Michael Higgins – Companionship
It is almost five years since I became one of those folk who live alone. Feeling lonely is an inevitable consequence and in my case rendered more difficult to deal with as we had lost our only son som ...
An accomplished and moving British coming of age story about race and belonging
Joyce Glasser reviews The Last Tree (September 27, 2019), Cert. 15, 99 min. Shola Amoo’s sophomore film The Last Tree has such an authentic feel to it that you will not be surprised to learn it is ‘se ...