This authorised biography of the poet Kathleen Raine tells the story of how she developed from a small girl, who knew at the age of eight that she wanted only to write poetry, into a world-renowned poet and literary scholar. Philippa Bernard follows Kathleen Raine’s struggle against the constrictions of her suburban childhood to her exciting days at Girton College in the twenties, where she became friends with many brilliant writers, artists and scientists, including William Empson, Julian Trevelyan, Jakob Bronowski and the film maker Humphrey Jennings, friendships which lasted all her life. After a short marriage to Hugh Sykes Davies, she eloped with the poet Charles Madge to live in Blackheath where two children were born. An affair led to a break with Charles, who was involved at the time with Inez Spender, wife of the poet Stephen, and at the outbreak of war in 1939, she ran away with her children to the Lake District to the home of Michael Roberts and his wife Janet Adam Smith. Taking a cottage near Ullswater, she found a peaceful seclusion which enabled her to write some of her finest poetry, but found it difficult to support her family. Leaving the children with her friend, the art patron Helen Sutherland, she moved to London. In a room off the Tottenham Court Road, she came to know Sonia Brownell (later to marry George Orwell) who introduced her to the artists and writers of the Fitzrovia set, Dylan Thomas, Cyril Connolly and Rex Whistler among them, and including the strange figure of Tambi – James Tambimuttu – who published her first book of poems, Stone and Flower. Kathleen had already achieved much critical acclaim and published several volumes of poetry when she met through Tambi the naturalist and explorer Gavin Maxwell. She fell disastrously in love with him, but his homosexuality, which she understood from the beginning of their relationship, proved too much of an obstacle, for she totally failed to understand that this delightful companion, whose love of all natural things matched her own, completely failed to reciprocate the warmth of feeling that overwhelmed her. The title of his book, Ring of Bright Water, centred around his beloved otters at his home in Scotland, was taken from a poem of hers. An intensive period of research on the poet William Blake led to the publication of Blake and Tradition, marking Kathleen out as a leading Blake scholar. This was followed by works on Coleridge, Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Towards the end of her long life Kathleen Raine founded the journal Temenos with the help of Prince Charles, who became a good friend. She travelled to India, was honoured with the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and made a Companion of Honour. Philippa Bernard met her as a neighbour in Chelsea where she and her husband owned an antiquarian bookshop. In this book she assesses sympathetically the work of Kathleen Raine, but does not hesitate to throw a critical light on this unusual woman of the highest intellect who loved her children deeply but deserted them to follow her instincts, who had an entirely practical attitude to the world about her, but who pursued a spiritual path, and who achieved so much in the world of literature and poetry.

This Life of Grace is a biography and a history. It tells the story of Grace Jarrold, the youngest of eight children, who lived for almost ninety years in the village of Plympton in Devon. It also tells the story of the village over the last century, beginning with the Great War of 1914-1918, school life at that time as revealed in original documents, the building of ‘homes fit for heroes’ in the 1920s, and the General Strike of 1926. It describes the dwindling of the old ‘upstairs-downstairs’ life, the approach of the Second World War and the Blitz of Plymouth. After the tranquil period of fifteen years that followed the War, things changed at great speed. The influence of farming declined, leading to the closure of Plympton Market in 2002. The village grew to ten times its size at the time of Grace’s birth and it was absorbed into the City of Plymouth. All the events are recorded as they affected local people. Grace is at the heart of the story, much of it told in her words, related remarkably to the author in frank conversations as she relived her life when it was drawing to its close, during almost three years in a hospital bed. The life of her husband, Major William John Symons, of the Indian Army, is told by the same author in Stranger on the Shore, published in 2009. In a pre-publication review, Peter Smith of Crane Books, writes, ‘I liked This Life of Grace even more than Stranger, which I had found engrossing and very moving. This Life of Grace is written with such warmth and deep affection and understanding, bringing the characters vividly to life. Grace was a person of dignity and humility, an unusual combination, to which I felt a sense of eloquence, wit and humour should be added. She was very much a Grace.’

As a British Army Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers Toby Woodbridge twice deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, and spent a total of eight months in the notorious District of Sangin. Employed as mentor to the Afghan National Police during his last tour in the town Woodbridge spent over six months living, working and fighting alongside members of that much maligned but critically important organisation, gaining a privileged view of their work and insight into their world. His experiences from those two tours provide the background for this unique perspective on the difficulties and dangers involved when working, living and surviving on the front line of Afghanistan’s insurgency.

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Firul alb Un om t?n?rVorbind singur pe strad?Gesticul?nd gata s?Te ating? din gre?eal?. O femeie ?ntre dou? v?rste fardat?U?or nedormit? vorbindsingur? la casa de bileteapoi ?n metrou O fat? care spune tareUnui perete: ?uime?te-m?“ Un fir alb sub?ire desparte lumea ?n dou?.

Da. E despre mine. E despre tine. E despre noi. Din toate p?r?ile ?i toate direc?iile. Despre falimentul moral ?i trezirea spiritului. Despre cum e s? ui?i ?i c?t de bine e s? ??i reaminte?ti. (Beatrice, activist) Un volum de poezii despre poezia ?i nepoezia vie?ii. Mai degrab? despre ce omoar? poezia vie?ii. De citit dac? sunte?i odihni?i ?i cu chef de introspec?ie. Aten?ie, poate s? doar?. (Mihaela, manager) Am frunz?rit-o cu trufia c? nu e despre mine. Am citit-o cu teama c? ar putea fi despre mine. Am recitit-o cu ambi?ia s? nu devin? despre mine. (Ioana, manager formare) Am deschis cartea, am r?sfoit, am citit. Apoi am ?nchis Outlook-ul ?i m-am g?ndit la lucruri simple: prieteni, muzic?, sine. (Andrei, copywriter) Am avut permanent senza?ia c? navighez pe valuri, fel de fel de valuri, valuri peste valuri de via??, valuri cu gloata mijlocie, prins? ?n caden?a asta a noastr?, modern? ?i golit? de rost personal. (Carmen, strategic planner) O oglind? care reflect? ?n cuvinte propria via?? – care via??? – multiplicat? ?n mii de alte trupuri, care tr?iesc aceea?i nesf?r?it? ?zi a c?rti?ei“. (Sylvia, marketing manager) Mi-a transmis impresia de oper? rock, sau, m? rog, cum s-ar putea numi a?a ceva pe muzic? de Parov Stelar, Nicholas Jarr ?i al?ii mai de acum. (?tefan, student) ?Auzi, de ce nu scrie nimeni poezie despre corporati?ti?“ m-a ?ntrebat un prieten acum vreo cinci ani. La vremea aceea am pufnit ?n r?s de mi-a dat ?pri?ul pe nas, dar, anul trecut, mi-am dat seama c? se poate. Tocmai terminasem Saga – bilete la clasa din mijloc, un poem epic, ironic ?i ?ntins pe vreo 30 de pagini. Despre iubirea dintre doi corporati?ti, desp?r?i?i ?n adolescen?? ?i reg?si?i la disperare, pe la 30 de ani ?i ceva, cu ocazia unui infarct. L-am rugat pe Paul Hitter, ale c?rui desene cu miz? social? ?i tu?e cinice m? atr?geau demult, s? ilustreze c?teva scene din istoria celor doi eroi ai poemului. Au ie?it 7 desene care nu doar ajut? textul, ci duc povestea mai departe, o cresc ?i o dezvolt?. Din vagonul de accelerat Timi?oara-Bucure?ti p?n? pe malul m?rii, Paul a transcris vizual o hart? a nelini?tilor, fricilor, la?it??ilor ?i speran?elor unei genera?ii care a ?mb?tr?nit ?nainte de vreme, dar care ?nc? sper? la evadare. Saga – bilete la clasa din mijloc este o carte-album despre noi ?i despre voi, despre cei ce umplu sta?ia Pipera la 7 diminea?? ?i despre cei care r?d de ei ?ntorc?ndu-se din club, despre cei adu?i la nebunie de creditul ipotecar ?i cei ?ntor?i victorio?i ?i ar?i din Goa sau de la festivaluri. Este poezie pentru c? sunte?i poezie, este scris? pentru c? trebuia scris? ?i este desenat? ca s? nu mai existe niciun dubiu.“ (T?u?ance)

Edi?ie ?ngrijit? de Mircea A. Diaconu.Respectiva edi?ie ?n dou? volume Zilele ?i umbra mea ?ntrune?te pentru prima data ?n istoria culturii rom?ne, edi?ia integral? a disputatului jurnal al lui Traian Chelariu.Jurnalul din anii ’30, inedit ?n cea mai mare m?sura, este interesant din mai multe puncte de vedere. Pe de o parte, el ?nregistreaz? minu?ios atmosfera din mediul intelectual din Cernau?ii perioadei interbelice. Via?a universitar?, disputele tinerilor scriitori, ?ncercarea de a impune coordonate rom?ne?ti lumii culturale, toate acestea sunt minu?ios radiografiate ?n cele zece caiete manuscris. ?n jurnal, sunt reproduse scrisori trimise sau primite de la Ion Nistor, ministru ?n mai multe legislaturi, de la Mircea Streinul, tumultuosul coleg de genera?ie, de la alte figuri importante ale locului. Pe de alt? parte, g?sim aici reperele form?rii unui intelectual ale c?rui valori s?nt focalizate de necesitatea unei deveniri culturale. Viziunea stoic? pe care Traian Chelariu o ?ntruchipeaz? ?n anii ’50 este fundamentat? pe experien?a unei tinere?i angajate pe traiectul asum?rii culturii. ?n plus, jurnalul cuprinde experien?a studiilor sale la ?coala Rom?n? de la Paris ?i la Roma, fiind ?i din acest punct de vedere un document.

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