over a hundred years since the author’s birth – both in the way things have changed and
through memory and generations of family history
Lebanese Abbas Beydoun with an excerpt from Blood Test
An interior design fanatic who needs to make up her mind about a contentious mug
which demonstrates our commitment to the poem rather than the poet
A Disbelief of Flesh Ian Crockatt over a hundred years sinceA Disbelief of Flesh holds a grief not just for the loved and lost, but one that comes with depth of identity, of culture, of faith. Christodoulous affection for her Cypriot heritage is channelled through her grandmother and grandfather, through food and the walls of home, and through her mother, whom she embodies sometimes, and who becomes a worshipped figure. We learn here of a tension that exists where pain meets catharsis, making possible a