Four times a year, I attend the Yizkor service at synagogue. Yizkor in Hebrew denotes “remembrance,” and the official name of the service, Hazkarat Neshamot, means a “remembering of souls.” During the service, I call to mind loved ones who have died—parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, close friends—reliving shared times that were cherished, and some that were fraught. I think about what I learned from these people, several of whom were in my life from my first moments of awareness. I
IT was an unlikely TV hit – a travel show that followed veteran actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales on narrowboat holidays around the UK and Europe. But as those who watched will know, the real draw was the couple’s touching relationship – full of affection, occasional impatience and a gentle teasing humour.
Their stint on Great Canal Journeys lasted ten series, turning Tim and Pru, as they are best known, into bona fide national treasures. And what made it
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Clearing out a cupboard in my writing shed, I pulled out a shoebox filled with old photographs and began sifting through them. One — of my son, Jamie, aged about four having his face painted at a fair —stopped me in my tracks. But then pictures of him always do.
Whenever I see my boy’s beautiful face it triggers thoughts of the child I carry in my heart, but whom I’ve learnt not to allow to live in my head.
This Cyber Monday 2021, the sales are unlike anything we’ve ever seen, because instead of starting on the Monday following Thanksgiving, they started as far back as October. Maybe it’s due to the supply-chain delays, or maybe it’s the fact that shoppers are starting to search for gift ideas earlier than ever this year—either way, we’re taking advantage of these early discounts.
What are some of the best Cyber Monday sales you should be shopping? Well, practically every major retailer … Read more
