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Black and white – The Tragedy of Macbeth

January 21, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

This is not a review, you can make your own minds up, just some images left on my mind. Black and white. The Tragedy of Macbeth is shot in black and white. Angular, stark, unflinching. Wingbeats of birds and blood drops build the drama, while the dagger is only in Macbeth’s head. Nothing in a […]

How to select a hobby

January 21, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Starting a brand new hobby should always be high on the list of things you need to do. Hobbies are a great way to unwind, relax and have fun. If you don’t currently have a hobby you may be wondering how to select one and how to enhance your skills when you do take up […]

Pride – 113 words

January 20, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Pride. It comes before a fall, they say, in a way that makes you want to suppress it, like a fart. Taking pride, on the other hand, is a good thing – to do with ironed creases and polished shoes. Things that line up. Mother’s Pride, instead, is a kind of bread in a waxy […]

The Top 4 Home Alarm Systems

January 20, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Keeping our home safe is essential. If it weren’t, we’d hand our keys out to people on the streets. Luckily, securing your home has never been more exciting and more accessible, thanks to the advancements of technology. Now, instead of setting up an alarm on your home and leaving it to scream alone, you can […]

Unread – 102 words

January 16, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Lament for all the unread words. We bob on an ocean of instructions, appendices and contra-indications. As sterile as saline. Sentences curl around diagrams, lodged in folders, binders and on-line repositories, furiously punctuated for no one to see. Semi colons like silent trees falling in the forest. Think, won’t you, of the hours of writing, […]