While the tiny handbag may be seen as a bold statement or a playful gimmick, its underlying message about the diminishing practicality of luxury handbags resonates.
THE Voyager pub in Guisborough hosted a very different event last Saturday, when a book written by ten-year-old Ellah Louise Ramsey, was launched in the UK. Ellah had been a pupil at Galley Hill Primary School, virtually next door to the Voyager, and had been impressed by a visit in 2018 by Wakefield author Frank English to encourage the children to take an interest in books. He was a regular visitor to the Guisborough Book Shop and had hosted similar days to foster interest in books by children. Mr English said he and Ellah wrote the book together over a few months. “I met her quite some time ago when she was seven at Galley Hill Primary School, when I was visiting just to talk about writing stories. We met up at the beginning of this year and she told me over the internet that she liked writing and sent me some stories that she had written and I liked them. We decided then that we would write this book together. Today is the culmination of all the hard work we’ve been d
Nine-year-old girl is now a published author after writing a novel during lockdown
Ellah Louise Ramsey fell in love with writing when she met her favourite author Frank English
Young author Ellah Louise Ramsey and Frank English
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From legalised abortion in Argentina, to a new population of blue whales, this week’s good news
The i 01/01/2021 Pascale Hughes
Women’s rights
Argentina has voted to legalise abortion in an historic vote, marking a significant political shift in the South American nation (right). It is now the largest nation in Latin America to legalise elective abortion, despite a last-minute appeal by Pope Francis.
Blue whales
Given they are the largest creatures to have ever existed on Earth, scientists were astonished to discover a new population of the mammals in the Indian Ocean .The group was discovered after researchers stumbled upon their unique song.