Category Archives: Love

Je Suis Charlie …

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Angela

… one week on, what else is there to say but Je Suis Charlie and to stand with the murdered at Charlie Hebdo? Except Je Suis Ahmed.

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Scared to Say I Love You this Valentine’s Day? Fabularium and Random Acts of Kindness Week

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Angela

If the very idea of saying I love you this Valentine’s Day scares you to death, may I suggest a remedy: ask yourself why you’re with (or want to be with) the one you love and then make a list … Continue reading →

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SPEAKING of LOVE: an alternative Valentine ?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Angela

SPEAKING of LOVE is one of amazon’s Recommended Valentine’s Reads this week (10-17 February). Happy days. But please be warned: it is an alternative Valentine, one that asks why we find it so difficult to talk about love; one that shows … Continue reading →

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Scared to say ‘I Love You’?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Angela

Last week Paul McCartney admitted to John Wilson on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row that he was scared to say ‘I love you’. Instead he wrote the words into a song for his wife, Nancy Shevell. The song, Scared, reviewed at the end of this link, is … Continue reading →

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Love, from the hert, for Valentine’s day

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Angela

Charles Duc d’Orleans (1394-1465) wrote this love poem for his wife, in 1415, after his capture at the Battle of Agincourt:   Go forth, my hert, with my lady; Loke that we spare no business To serve her with such lowliness, … Continue reading →

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