by Nicola Manasseh | Nov 27, 2023 | Newsletter
This Christmas, I might do something different and buy a book prescription as a gift for a friend or relative. Mostly I’m inspired because I recently met book curator and bibliotherapist Bijal Shah who has the knowledge and insight to recommend or prescribe novels...
by Nicola Manasseh | Oct 24, 2023 | Newsletter
I’ve just recovered from an inflammation which forced me to spend a week in bed and only go out for food essentials, despite the early October t-shirt weather which I really wanted to be in. I was on antibiotics which felt like a big deal as it’s only the second time...
by Nicola Manasseh | Sep 28, 2023 | Newsletter
Oftentimes I deal with a situation which appears to be bad by entitling it as: A Blessing in Disguise. As I’ve always been a chaser of blessings, the moment trouble appears I’m checking out its benefits. So these days I’m stoically convincing myself that I’ve been...
by Nicola Manasseh | Aug 20, 2023 | Newsletter
On any morning of the week a house moth on my wall will spy me sitting at my laptop, working in pyjamas. My deceased uncle Easy would’ve approved because whenever as a child I visited him on certain afternoons, he would always be in his pinstriped pyjamas; and I...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jul 22, 2023 | Newsletter
In our winter 2021 edition of In The Square, I featured an interview with the charismatic musician Mo Foster who lived most of his life in Belsize Village. On 3 July this year Mo passed. I went to visit him in hospital a week before he died and all he wanted to talk...
