Category Archives: Ideas

Things No One Wants to Hear Me Go On About Any More

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Shanutopia

Religion, atheism, how I can’t stand religion, we should end religion, tax the churches, religious people are hypocrites, there is no god, everything that is bad is religion Kids are not my thing, I don’t like kids, can you please … Continue reading →

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Novels in the Time of Dystopia

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Shanutopia

There are some news stories circulating that say Orwell’s 1984 is trending on Amazon and that publishers are having to print more books to keep up with demand (one story is here). Whilst 1984 is one of my favourite books, I view … Continue reading →

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The 100 Page Rule

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Shanutopia

In book club we are often faced with reading books we would not normally choose to read as they are not our normal taste in books. We do vote for book choices, but sometimes your choice isn’t the winner (even … Continue reading →

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The Polarising Power of Poetry

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Shanutopia

The name of this article struck me and forced me to read it: Why Do Some People Hate Poetry? Why the hatred of poetry? What has it done to you? Ok, maybe it tortured you in your early school years with … Continue reading →

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Poetry? Goth Teen Much?

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Shanutopia

2016 has proven to be a difficult year (and it’s not even over yet). Work has been slow and unchallenging. I moved from a furnished flat to an unfurnished house and that took me a month.  Others dear to me have … Continue reading →

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