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RAF base: readers discuss former RAF bases, like Kirkbride airfield Readers have been getting misty eyed over some of Cumbria s forgotten air fields. RAF bases that are dotted all around the country that were once bustling hubs have since become derelict and empty skeletons. Many have been forgotten and readers were asked which ones in the county they could recognise. The former bases in Cumbria include, RAF Crosby-on-Eden, now known as Carlisle Lake District Airport, RAF Silloth, RAF Millom, and RAF Kirkbride. Here s what you, the readers, had to say. Anthony Calderbank said: I ve known for years. Ronnie Wood said: There was also storage places at Brayton Aspatria as well.
What I learned from reading female writers from every country in the world Sophie Baggott
Three years ago, when I set out to read writing by a woman from every country in the world, I had no idea of the ways in which this journey would surprise me, challenge me and, as life became smaller, sustain me.
What I did know was that I needed to broaden my bookcase far beyond the canon. So in June 2018, I started a blog where I would chart my way, gather tips from readers and review all 199 books, poems and stories. (I was more inclusive than some official lists – bringing in Palestine, Tibet and Kosovo, for instance). It felt surreal in December last year when I closed Le Déserteur by Hélène Kaziende from Niger, the very last country on my list. Taking the form of a letter to Africa, this short story explores the fraught decision to leave a place of origin. I had learned of Kaziende’s work through my research into Nigerien literature, and it took months for me to