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Truth to Life
Truth to Life
Poems for Peace competition – 1st Prize: Heather Glover
Poems for Peace competition – 1st Prize: Heather Glover...
Poems for Peace competition – 2nd Prize: Halema Malak
Poems for Peace competition – 2nd Prize: Halema Malak...
Poems for Peace competition – 3rd Prize: Alwiyah Qassim
Poems for Peace competition – 3rd Prize: Alwiyah Qassim...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Mohamed Assaf
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Mohamed Assaf...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Angelina Borzini-Castor
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Angelina Borzini-Castor...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Izzy Crane
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Izzy Crane...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Ciéra Cree Drury
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Ciéra Cree Drury...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Olivia Darby
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Olivia Darby...
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Sayandeep Das
Poems for Peace competition – Highly Commended: Sayandeep Das...

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Ian Thomson

Ian Thomson

Ian Thomson is an acclaimed biographer, reporter and literary critic. His biography, Primo Levi: A Life, won the Royal Society of Literature’s W.H. Heinemann Award. His reportage, The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica, was awarded the Royal Society of …


Ian Thomson recommends The Gallery, The Night Fishing, Mules and Men, -.

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