A chance meeting at library reception led to today’s event.  I was able to put Joyce, from Portsmouth’s Inky Fingers creative writing group, in touch with Alison Habens, undergraduate course leader for creative writing.  6 students (gown) met with 8 …

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20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads by Jim Heimann (editor) and Alison A. Nieder (text) This week I chose a book on fashion; a subject I have not covered before.  During the 20th century, fashion evolved from being …

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This week’s book of the week is Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture.  You can find it in the Large book section which is at the end of the book sequence in Zone 2B of the University Library.  It …

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Change your mind: 57 ways to unlock your creative self by Rod Judkins “Great artists, designers, musicians and writers are … ordinary” is the reassuring opening statement of this book. I chose it because it looked accessible – something I …

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