St Ann's, The End of an Era Ruth Borthwick

St Ann's, The End of an Era Ruth BorthwickIn the late 1960s an area of Nottingham known as St Anns was set for demolition. This involved the wholesale clearance of houses, shops, pubs, churches and businesses. Most of the houses were built in the mid 1800s and of very poor quality, having no internal toilets or bathrooms, poor sanitation and damp problems. The process of demolition meant that upwards of 30,000 people would be rehoused in different parts of the city. Typical of this era, what

her health

This collection plunges boldly into an unrelenting quest to make sense of a universe that is both beautiful and troubling

The healing wells of the Christian saints then give way to the health spas of Victorian times

He photographed trees surviving from the battle (some with artillery shells entwined in them)

memory itself

to a country in which words themselves fall out of fashion – something that will never happen wherever Walsh is read

At the start of her ninth decade

and the author manages to balance the fantastical elements with the gritty realism of the descent into fascism

Is it possible to resist playing on this poet’s surname

this is their first appearance in English

Judith Kazantzis Tender Spot by Naomi Shibab Nye

and and author of a travel memoir about Hawaii