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...family. More recently his works touched upon questions of ageing, grief and loss. Within a week of my mum’s death in January 2013, Bowie released his haunting single ‘Where are we now?’. It captured perfectly the sense of complete desolation that accompanies the passing of a loved one; but also those unanticipated feelings of hope, relief and freedom as suffering is...

...family, her father was a provincial governor and her male relatives held positions in the imperial government. Murasaki was educated at home and reputedly learned Chinese by listening outside the door while her father taught her brother. She married at about the age of twenty but her husband died soon after, leaving her with a daughter. She then lived quietly for some...

...family lived in shared rental accommodation in several places in Moss Side, Manchester, until they finally owned their own home at 78 Platt Street. This was a real achievement. The anticipated warm welcome to the Mother Country had not materialised. Hostility towards the growing West Indian community was widespread. Rental accommodation was hard to find. The notorious...

...family. She accepted the marriage proposal of Tory MP the Hon. George Norton, though they had little in common and the marriage was soon very unhappy. Norton was discovered to have misrepresented his financial position and began to subject his wife to vicious beatings. Caroline found consolation in writing and the publication of her verses led to appointments as magazine...