“It’s hard to believe that what would now be a crime against humanity was legal at the time…I believe that the bicentenary offers us a chance…to express our deep sorrow that it ever happened, that it could ever have happened and to rejoice at the different and better times we live in today.”

--Tony Blair

Sunday November 26

 

Viewed as one of the most talented contemporary literature authors in recent years, Maya Angelou overcame troubled beginnings to find international acclaim with the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970.

OHMYGOD! You have a whole load of revision to do, time is ticking away – your heart is ticking faster and you meant to start earlier but you didn’t and now you are in serious trouble. Why do we do it to ourselves every time? And how come all the others who make out that they ‘seriously know nothing’ actually do know plenty.