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Debut novelist Madeline Miller wins 2012 Orange Prize
"A more than worthy winner – original, passionate, inventive and uplifting. Homer would be proud of her."
Those were the words of Joanna Trollope, chair of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction judges, last night when she announced this year's winner – Madeline Miller.
American writer and Latin teacher Miller won the £30,000 prize for The Song of Achilles, the debut novel she spent ten years working on. A captivating, lyrical book, it takes the legendary love affair of Achilles and his best friend Patroclus and brings it alive for a 21st century audience. It's a sparkling novel that, as Trollope remarked, will appeal to readers of all ages. And not only that, it undoubtedly fulfils the Orange Prize criteria of excellence, originality and accessibility.
When Trollope announced the six shortlisted novels for the award back in March, she referred to their "remarkable quality and variety." I've read all of them now and she's right. The judges apparently spent three hours deliberating on who should win and it was only at midnight on Monday that they finally came to their decision.
I loved Miller's novel but if I'm honest I loved two of the other contenders more - The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright and State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. I first came across Enright's book when it was Radio 4's Book at Bedtime and her smooth, elegant prose stopped me in my tracks. The novel chronicles a love affair that wrecks two Dublin marriages and is a stunning read.
Meanwhile Patchett's book is the compelling story of a doctor sent to the Amazonian jungle to investigate the death of a colleague. An intoxicating blend of cutting-edge science and the closely guarded secrets of the rainforest's remotest tribes, it's a magnificent read by a writer at the height of her powers.
It will be interesting to follow the next chapter in the award's history. This is the final year of Orange's sponsorship of the prize (co-founder Kate Mosse hopes to announce a new sponsor later this summer) so it will have a new name next year. But one thing's for sure. If this year's stellar shortlist is anything to go by, women writers are a force to be reckoned with right now.
The other three novels shortlisted for the Orange Prize were Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan and Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick.
Labels: Joanna Trollope, Kate Mosse, Madeline Miller, Orange Prize
Interview with Liz Fenwick - author of The Cornish House
Liz Fenwick's path to publication sounds like a dream come true. She sent her debut novel out on a grey February day, not knowing what to expect, and by the end of the week it has been snapped up by Carole Blake, one of the top agents in the business. But as Liz explained to me, writing The Cornish House, her captivating tale of a rambling manor house and the family secrets it holds, took grit, determination and years of hard work.
The Cornish House is your debut novel. Can you tell me a little about the road to publication and how you got a publishing deal?
Liz: To make a long story short – in 2004 I promised myself I would begin to write fiction again. After writing seven books (not counting rewrites) and receiving encouraging rejections I finally felt that I had brought The Cornish House up to a level where I felt that it was as good as I could make it. So on a Monday in February, I sent it to four agents who had been encouraging me in my journey. By noon I had my first request for the full manuscript. I nearly fell over. On Saturday Carole Blake got in touch and said she loved it and would love to represent me. I was over the moon. Things moved swiftly from there. The first sale was to Holland, then the two-book deal with Orion in the UK and it went to auction in Germany. That was so exciting. Recently the book sold to Portugal. It's all so unreal in a way – you dream about something all your life and finally you put the work in to make it happen and then it does…
How did you come up with the idea for The Cornish House?
Liz: This is the third novel I'd written (currently working on my eighth) and from the book before (August Rock) there was this rather dishy love interest named Mark and he kept pestering me for a story of his own. How could I refuse? That was part of it, but one day a few years ago several roads were closed and we detoured down a lane I hadn't been on in ages and I saw The Cornish House. This is a house that I had always loved and been intrigued by. Then I had a discussion with a teenager going through that awful stage when they can only see their own point of view… Suddenly the story began to take shape….
Trevenen, the house at the heart of The Cornish House, sounds gorgeous. Does it actually exist?
Liz: Yes and no. The real house is different from Trevenen. In the writing of the book it grew and developed. I spent hours on the layout, which required a lot of internet searching of properties and floor plans…such a hard task. So Trevenen is my idea of the ideal house, but based on the house that captured my heart from the moment I saw it nestled into a fold in the land off a remote lane. That house is truly The Cornish House, and as such is rather special and its location is a secret…
The relationship between Maddie, the heroine of the novel, and her step-daughter Hannah, is incredibly tricky. How did you go about making it so convincing?
Liz: Probably because I'm a mother of teenagers…thankfully mine aren't as spiky as Hannah. But I loved both these broken characters and I think that helps keep it "real" on the page because they were and are still very "real" in my head.
You divide your time between Dubai, Cornwall and London. How do you manage to write novels when you travel so much?
Liz: I can work on a plane or anywhere. Because I began writing fiction again when the kids were still fairly small, I can tune out the world and tune into my writing.
What are the best things about living in Cornwall?
Liz: The people, the scenery, the fresh fish, and my house…
Do you have any tips for writers working on their debut novels right now?
Liz: Be professional, be persistent and write the book of your heart. It's so tempting when you want your words to be read to follow the latest trend, but trends change as soon as you are aware of them. Write the book of your heart and with luck it will hit the right trend and you will have been true to yourself.
What is your own favourite novel? And are there any particular novelists who have inspired you?
Liz: This is such a tough question…there are so many favourites. I love Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer. It was the first one of hers that I read and her books were where I escaped to during my teenage years. A more recent favourite was Leo the African by Amin Maalouf. This showed me the history of an area through a very personal story and has the best opening line ever. In a way all writers who have completed a book inspire me. That is the toughest thing – to complete a book and then accept that you will have to rewrite it in some way at least once or in my case many many more times. But during my "apprenticeship" in the RNA's New Writers' Scheme I was lucky enough to watch Katie Fforde in action. She is my inspiration. She is such a professional in how she goes about all aspects of her work as a writer. She makes it look easy and I'm now learning how hard it all is…
Can you tell us a little bit about your second novel – August Rock? And when will it be published?
Liz: August Rock existed before The Cornish House. I'm now on my 27th rewrite and it's a story I still love. It's about Jude, who suddenly wakes up to the fact that she is following life by other people's design and not her own. She flees her wedding and ends up taking a position as a research assistant to a garden historian on a Cornish estate. When the historian dies and his son arrives to sell the estate, she finds out that she has fallen in love for the first time - not with a person but a place. She has to save Pengarrock and find out who she really is and what she really wants. And oh, there's a wonderful thirteen year old Victorian boy called Toby. I can't seem to keep away from teenagers… It will be out in the spring of 2013.
The Cornish House by Liz Fenwick (Orion, £12.99)
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Labels: Books, Cornwall, Katie Fforde, Liz Fenwick, Writing tips
From Wham! to physics O level - seven random facts
Along with a flying visit home from my daughter and a half-price Frappucino at Starbucks, the best thing to happen this weekend was receiving a Versatile Blogger Award from Rebecca Leith.
Rebecca Leith's Blog is an irresistible mix of interviews, commentaries and reports on everything from the Olympic Torch to Friday 13th. My favourite post of all was the one where her lovely mum, the writer Anita Burgh, interviewed Bex herself. What a great idea.
Anyway, a big thank you to Bex for nominating me. I wasn't sure what to do next so I'm following Bex's instructions to the letter.
"Thank the person who gave you this award, and include a link to their blog," she told me. "Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers you've recently discovered or follow regularly - I'd pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent! If it's a bit of a task to list 15, and I don't want you to feel being nominated is a burden, but mention as many as you can – eight or ten is fine. List them, and you might like to include a link to the sites, and let them know that you've nominated them. And then tell the person who nominated you seven things about yourself."
So, in no particular order, I'd like to nominate: Tout Sweet, Liz Harris, The World from my Window, Sheena Byrom, Kate Morris, Nicola Vincent-Abnett, The French Village Diaries, Cari-Jane Haikes and Blog About Writing.
And here are seven random facts about me:
I once interviewed George Michael in a white towelling dressing gown (him, not me!) I was a feature writer for Woman's Own at the time and he was one half of Wham! When I hurried into the Midland Hotel in Manchester, the tour manager told me George was in the gym and I should interview him there!
I'm a serial mover. My dad was in the RAF and I changed schools eight times. The moving habit has clearly stuck because me and my husband have moved ten times since we got married. Places where we've lived include London, Lancashire, France, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.
My blog's called House With No Name because the tumbledown farmhouse in France that I bought on a whim doesn't have a name. "How does the postman know where to deliver letters?" we asked the elderly vendor. "He just does…" she said, mystified that we were mystified.
I failed physics O level.
I was once the world's worst au pair. I couldn't cook, couldn't make beds with hospital corners and had never changed a nappy in my life.
When we were little my sister and I had our own dinghy. We once nearly crashed into a tanker in Poole Harbour. We heard a loud booming sound and looked round to see this massive monstrosity sailing straight at us.
I hate eggs.
Labels: Anita Burgh, creative writing, Rebecca Leith, Versatile Blogger Award
Twitter - and Sarah Duncan's writing blog
If you're a writer in the first stages of your career – or any stage in your career, in fact – then Sarah Duncan's blog is a must read. The author of five novels (including the highly-praised Kissing Mr Wrong), Sarah is also a creative writing lecturer and the Royal Literary Fund fellow at the University of Bath.
I'm a big fan of her blog, which covers everything from characterisation and dialogue to writing a synopsis (or not, as the case may be) and finding an agent. Yesterday's post, as thought-provoking as ever, examined the thorny question of networking for writers – and more especially, the dos and don'ts of Twitter.
Sarah smartly compared Twitter to a drinks party. " At this party it's socially acceptable to eavesdrop on conversations and join in if you've something to say even if you don't know the people talking, but generally the party operates on the usual lines," she wrote. "Only the most socially inept people bang on about themselves all the time, conversations are about give and take, and no one likes being sold things at a social event."
I reckon Sarah's drinks party analogy sums up the best and the worst of Twitter. The most entertaining people on Twitter hardly ever mention their books or articles or blogs (mind you, many of them are such superstars they don't have to), while the most annoying people never blooming shut up about themselves.
Actually, the best things about Twitter are the friends you make. I've chatted to lots of people on Twitter so often that I forget I've never actually set eyes on them in real life. I met a couple of writers at the Romantic Novelists' Association's summer party recently and it felt like I'd known them forever.
Oh, and when it comes to singing Twitter's praises, my biggest treat of the week resulted from a tweet. Quod, my favourite Oxford restaurant, recently ran a competition to win lunch for two. I retweeted the competition - and guess what? I won! So thank you, Quod, for a fantastic lunch. It was the perfect end to my week on Twitter.
Labels: creative writing, Quod, RNA, Sarah Duncan, Twitter
Sweltering in the sunshine, revision and The Great Gatsby
Phew, what a scorcher… I've wanted to write those words ever since my newspaper days.
But deep down I wish the azure blue skies and sweltering heat hadn't arrived quite yet. Why? Because every teenager I know is revising for exams right now. And while the papers are full of annoying articles declaring that A levels and GCSEs have been dumbed down (not true, they're just different), a generation of 16 to 18 year olds are stuck indoors trying to memorise endless quotes from Of Mice and Men. They look pale and stressed and keep muttering anxiously about the scores of exams ahead.
Funnily, enough, the year I took my A levels was a scorcher too. But I didn't treat them half so seriously as today's teenagers. Actually, I spent the entire summer lying on a Dorset riverbank sunbathing with friends and reading old copies of Jackie magazine.
But on the up side, teenagers are definitely less sartorially challenged in the sun than grown-ups. I hate my scary white legs and avoid baring them for as long as possible. Even though the sun's been shining for a few days it's been a real wrench to discard my habitual black tights and hunt out the fake tan. A London friend told me that on the first day of the heat wave a fellow passenger eyed her thick tights with disdain. "I wanted to tap her on the shoulder and tell her it wasn't my fault I left for work before the weather changed," she said. I had much the same feeling today when my daughter arrived home and eyed my blotchy orange ankles. "It's amazing how easy it is to forget to fake tan your feet," she said.
PS. My son's just made me watch the trailer for the remake of The Great Gatsby. I adored the novel (did it for A level, in fact) and swooned at Robert Redford in the original movie, so wasn't that interested. But just take a look. I reckon it's going to be the movie of the year…
Labels: exams, summer fashion, teenagers, The Great Gatsby
Friday Book Review - The Life of Stephen Lawrence by Verna Allette Wilkins
"He was a wonderful son and a shining example of what any parent would want in a child. I miss him with a passion. Hopefully now he can rest in peace."
Those are the moving words of Doreen Lawrence, whose 18 year old son Stephen was brutally murdered while he waited at a south east London bus-stop one evening in April 1993.
They're featured in a sensitive and moving children's book about the tragedy, which has just been updated following the January 2012 conviction of Gary Dobson and David Norris for Stephen Lawrence's murder. As author Verna Allette Wilkins writes: "The police are still working on the case as they believe that there were other men involved in Stephen's death. These men have yet to be brought to justice."
Even though The Life of Stephen Lawrence is aimed at nine to 11 year olds, I reckon everyone should read it. As well as highlighting his senseless murder and the findings of the Macpherson Report, which contained 70 recommendations for changes needed in the police force, justice system and society to ensure "zero tolerance" for racism, it lists the powerful legacy he has left behind. There's the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, launched by Doreen and Neville Lawrence to ensure future generations of young people enjoy the opportunities denied to their son, the annual Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture and the Stephen Lawrence 18:18 campaign, which helps disadvantaged youngsters access jobs in the law, media and other fields which are difficult to get into.
But as well as numerous ideas for discussion and debate, this quiet, dignified book really does celebrate Stephen's life. It vividly portrays an impressive young man who was a brilliant runner, a talented artist and had ambitions to become an architect. He was a real self starter who'd done work experience at a firm of architects, got work as an extra on the film For Queen and Country and designed and sold T-shirts featuring famous rappers.
As Mr Gladwell, his teacher at junior school, said: "Stephen was a good lad. We must make sure that we help all our children learn to live in peace. What happened to Stephen must never happen again."
The Life of Stephen Lawrence by Verna Allette Wilkins (Tamarind, £4.99)
Labels: Books, Doreen Lawrence, Friday book review, Stephen Lawrence
Download Olympic Flames for free!
The crowd roared with delight as the chestnut stallion soared gracefully through the air. The fence was more than one and a half metres high, but the rider and horse made the jump look effortless. When the duo touched the ground on the other side, there was a swell of applause from the spectators packed into the stand. The rider, resplendent in a navy blue show jacket and skin-tight white breeches, ignored it all, set on taking the next thirteen jumps with similar ease.
Jack Stone's jaw tensed as he watched. Stylish, brave and fast - this was a competitor he was going to have to go hell for leather to beat.
Up until now, he'd reckoned he stood a good chance of a gold medal. After all, the American showjumping team had won the last two Olympic titles. Not only that, they had left nothing to chance in their preparations for London 2012. They had been training in the US for months on end, and had only flown into London a week ago. But watching riders of this quality made him uneasy. Only for a second, though – Jack wasn't the type to be racked by self-doubt. But even so, he felt a flicker of irritation that when it came to technique and speed, the European teams so often had the edge.
These are the opening paragraphs of my new ebook, Olympic Flames. If you'd like to read more you can download the novella for free on Amazon on May 23 and 24. I'd love to know what you think!
Labels: Books, fiction, London 2012, Olympic Flames, Olympics
The UK's favourite books - but are they yours?
I nearly fell off my chair when I read this morning's report in Stylist magazine about the UK's favourite books. My friend Constance clearly did too. "If The Da Vinci Code is really one of the UK's best-loved books then I'm emigrating," she tweeted. Her reaction reminded me of Salman Rushdie, who in 2005 described it as "a novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name."
But sure enough, Dan Brown's cryptic thriller was top of the list, followed by The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis, 1984 by George Orwell, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and then JRR Tolkein's The Fellowship of the Ring.
Following hot on their heels came another classic from Tolkein, The Hobbit, then The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Charotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and in tenth place, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but apart from Jane Eyre, none of the others would make my top ten. Off the top of my head, I started compiling my favourite books. Let me know your most-loved novels, but here's my current list:
1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
3. Germinal by Emile Zola
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
6. A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow
7. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
8. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
9. Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
10. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
PS. The survey, carried out by eye health supplement company ICaps, polled more than 1,000 adults across the UK.
Labels: Books, Dan Brown, fiction, Stylist
Where I discover I'm not as vain as I thought
From bulk orders of REN's Hydra-Calm Global Protection Day Cream to eyebrow shaping, I'm as vain as the next person. Or so I thought. Until I read about the new FaceTime facelift.
Apparently Skype phone calls and video networking have made us all hyper-critical of the way we look onscreen. As you're chatting away you suddenly notice the alarming new wrinkles round your eyes and your jowly chin. I hate looking at myself onscreen so much that I slnk lower and lower in my chair or lie through my teeth and pretend I can't get the video to work.
But amazingly, an American plastic surgeon called Robert Sigal has devised a cosmetic procedure to make people look younger when they're video-calling. After loads of patients told him they loathe the way they look on video he's developed a technique that involves making incisions in the creases around the ears and "repositioning" (sounds painful) the muscle bands in the neck. Most of his clients are women aged 45 to 55 – all prepared to pay a cool $10,000 to have it done.
Like most US trends it's sure to pop up on this side of the Atlantic some time soon. But I've got a cheaper and far less alarming suggestion. Use the landline…
Labels: facelifts, FaceTime, REN, Skype
Spirit of Summer Fair - the place for teabags and deckchairs
A stylish T-shirt from Me & Em, a couple of pretty notebooks and some heavenly green teabags from Teapigs. My daughter's been working at the Spirit of Summer Fair at London's Olympia this week and when I popped in to see her en route to the RNA awards I swore I wouldn't buy anything. But the stalls were so enticing that within the first five minutes I'd snapped up all the items above. My only excuse was that apart from the teabags, everything I bought was a birthday present.
The best discovery was a gorgeous company called Thornback & Peel, who sell the prettiest table linen, cushions, stationery and even deckchairs – all covered in quirky screen prints, like the 19th century wood engravings of pigeons and jellies in the picture above.
The company was started by florist Juliet Thornback and theatre designer Delia Peel and their work is inspired by an eclectic mix of Victoriana, Mrs Beeton's household management, Mr McGregor's garden, 17th century microscope imagery of the natural world, Norfolk and Devon. See, I said the designs were quirky.
If you like the look of Thornback & Peel's designs, they're opening a Jubilee pop up shop in London later this month. Open from May 29 to 31 at 7 Rugby Street, Bloomsbury, they'll be giving away a free Union flag handkerchief with every purchase. I might see you there…
Labels: Me and Em, Spirit of Summer, Teapigs, Thornback and Peel
Jane Lovering wins Romantic Novel of the Year award
Glamour, champagne, pink balloons and sky-high heels – all the hallmarks of a fabulous Romantic Novelists' Association party were firmly in evidence last night.
I was lucky enough to be invited to the RNA's summer bash in London, where Sky News presenter Kay Burley was on hand to present the prestigious Romantic Novel of the Year award.
Kay, whose second book, Betrayal, is out next week, wore a chic, sleeveless dress and confessed that she was still learning her craft as a novelist. "Romance is so difficult to write," she said, "especially if you have a teenage son who is embarrassed at everything you do." She added that romantic fiction is one of the biggest-selling genres today and the minute she got home she was going to get all five shortlisted romantic novels on her Kindle. "It's no surprise my name isn't on the shortlist," she quipped. "But there's always next year."
Kay whizzed through the five contenders – Christina Courtenay, Katie Fforde, Caroline Green, Jane Lovering and Rosie Thomas - at top speed and then declared the winner. It was debut author Jane Lovering, for Please Don't Stop the Music. I reviewed Jane's novel a week or so ago and it's a pacy, snappily-written novel that boasts some great laugh-out-loud moments and some dark moments too. I warmed to Jane immediately when she scooped RNA's romantic comedy novel prize a couple of months back and declared: "It's taken me 25 years of writing to publish a book. If I can do it, anybody can. So go for it, girls!"
But no one looked more stunned than Jane (above) last night when she was announced as the Romantic Novel of the Year winner and Kay Burley presented her with her prize – a large glass trophy.
"Oh my God," said Jane shakily, her bright red hair gleaming under the lights. "Don't give me a big glass bowl. Me and a big glass bowl aren't a good idea. If anyone had told me ten years ago in the middle of single parenthood and small children that I was going to win this award I would have wet myself. Quite frankly I still might!'"
Last night was a double celebration for Jane, a mother of five who works part-time as a science technician at a North Yorkshire secondary school. It was her daughter's 16th birthday the same day and she was there to see her mum's fantastic win. She must have been SO proud…
PS. As well as the Romantic Novel of the Year award, the party also saw the presentation of the RNA's annual prize for the best in new writing. This year's Joan Hessayon New Writers' Scheme Award went to Evonne Wareham for Never Coming Home.
Please Don't Stop the Music by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit, £7.99)
Never Coming Home by Evonne Wareham (Choc Lit, £7.99)
Labels: Books, Jane Lovering, Kay Burley, RNA, romantic novels
Novel writing - getting the dialogue right
As a journalist, I spend my days interviewing people and reporting what they say. Maybe I'm kidding myself but I reckon I've got a good ear for dialogue – and for an authentic-sounding quote.
But writing novels is far harder. For a start, you've invented the characters yourself (unless you're writing a Hilary Mantel type tome, of course) - so you have to invent convincing dialogue for them too. And bearing in mind that we all speak completely differently, you have to invent different-sounding dialogue for every character, young and old. Joanna Trollope's a brilliant writer but I always think her characters sound too alike when they speak.
I tried to bear all this in mind when I wrote my new novella, Olympic Flames – and having straight-talking, nearly grown-up children helped a lot. When one of my younger characters described a girl as being "a slip of a thing," my daughter was on the phone in a trice. "I've asked all my flatmates and none of us know what on earth you mean," she told me. The phrase "getting in a lather" met a similar fate. "No one uses that," she said. "It should be 'stressed out.'" And as for "playing gooseberry," my son rolled his eyes in despair and instructed me to change it to "being a third wheel" – immediately.
So getting your characters' language and tone right is crucial. But then again you don't want to go too far and sound as though you're trying to turn into a hip twenty-something. Not that I ever was a hip twenty-something, sadly.
Actually, all this talk about dialogue reminds me of my first novel, Hard Copy. It was set in the newspaper world, complete with tight deadlines, stressed-out (see, I'm learning) reporters and demanding bosses. One day my copy editor rang me. "There's a slight problem with the language," she said. My heart sank, thinking of the smattering of swear words I'd put into the novel to make the news room sound authentic. "Why, is it too bad?" I asked. "No, she laughed. "It's not bad enough…"
Olympic Flames by Emma Lee-Potter (Endeavour Press, £1.99)
PS. With every room in the house bursting at the seams with books, I've just got a Kindle. I think it could change my life - or at least lead to a much tidier office!
Labels: dialogue, novels, Olympic Flames, Writing tips
Olympic Flames - a novel about show jumping, London 2012 and old flames
My first novel took nine months to write and another year to publish. How times have changed. I've just written my first ebook and a week after the publishers gave it the thumbs-up it was available for download on Amazon, iTunes and more.
I loved every minute of writing Olympic Flames. A novella, it's set in the world of showjumping (or jumping, as it's called at the Olympics) and is the story of Mimi Carter, the youngest member of the British jumping team for London 2012. Mimi is a brilliant rider who's had to claw her way to the top. She's desperate to win an Olympic gold medal in front of her home crowd, but when an enigmatic old flame arrives back on the scene, can she put her feelings to one side and realise her dream?
That's the essence of the story so I hope readers enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I had a few childhood riding lessons when my family lived in Epsom (just down the road from the Derby racecourse in fact) and I was completely useless. But in the past couple of months I've become gripped by the equestrian world. Did you know, for instance, that the three equestrian disciplines - jumping, dressage and eventing - are the only Olympic sports where men and women compete against each other on equal terms? That the Olympic equestrian events will take place in Greenwich Park, right next to the elegant stone façade of the National Maritime Museum? And that the temporary stables will be home to 200 horses for the duration of the Olympics?
I never thought I'd say this but I've become so engrossed that I can't wait to see the Olympic equestrian events on TV. At this rate I'm going to end up booking my first riding lesson in years…
Labels: Books, fiction, Greenwich Park, London 2012, novels, Olympics, showjumping
The coffee shop conquerors
It wouldn't have been my top priority as an academic study but two US professors have put "coffee shop conquerors" under the spotlight. You know, the customers who sit in Costa and Starbucks for hours on end, tapping away at their laptops, hogging tables designed for four and glaring at people who politely ask "is this chair taken?" Or in US academic-speak, "communicate to other customers that intrusion is not welcome."
The professors' report claims that thanks to the free WiFi on offer in most coffee shops, more and more workers are using them as satellite offices. They spread their papers across tables, talk loudly on mobile phones and pore over their MacBooks as if their lives depended on it. They send out subliminal messages saying "don't interrupt me, I'm a very busy person," and worse still, they make a single skinny latte last all afternoon.
It's a trend that's prevalent in the UK as well as the US – though in Oxford right now you're more likely to stumble across bleary-eyed students revising for exams than budding entrepreneurs in sharply cut business suits.
Actually, on the subject of coffee shops, the thing that most irritates me is the decision by Starbucks to try and learn their customers' names. I'm all for being friendly but as long as I get a decent flat white coffee and some peace and quiet to read my book I don't care what the staff in my local Starbucks call me.
Labels: coffee, Oxford, Starbucks, students
Friday book review - The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers
Fashionistas who like to follow the crowd should read the latest book by super-talented artist Oliver Jeffers. They'd definitely learn a thing or two about having the courage to strike out and do something different.
The New Jumper is the first in Jeffers's new series about the Hueys, a group of characters who are all the same. They look the same, think the same and do the same things. Until one extraordinary day one of them decides to knit himself a new jumper. How on earth will the rest of the Hueys react? The Hueys' name, incidentally, was inspired by Jeffers's grandfather, who could never remember the names of his many grandchildren – so called all of them Huey.
In a nutshell, The New Jumper is a story about individuality. Even though the book is aimed at small children I've shown the book to several teenagers (the age when peer pressure to wear certain labels and listen to certain music really kicks in). And funnily enough, it has struck a chord with them all.
Jeffers, who grew up in Belfast but now lives in New York, certainly follows his own advice. His quirkily-illustrated books are totally different to most of the other children's picture books on the market – and deserve the critical acclaim they've had.
I've been a fan of Jeffers's work for a while. His books are perfect for the under-fives but his thought-provoking take on life appeals to older children too. His first story, Lost and Found, won a Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award, but my favourite is Stuck, the zany tale of a little boy called Floyd. When Floyd gets his kite stuck in a tree, he tries to dislodge it by throwing everything he can think of – from the kitchen sink to a passing milkman. Take a look if you get the chance – it's one of those books that brings a smile to everyone's face.
The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children's Books, £10.99)
Labels: Books, children, Friday book review, Oliver Jeffers
Mascara, blueberry muffins and Jilly Cooper
Even though it was my number one ambition in life, I didn't start writing my first novel till my thirties. But that's late these days. I'm gripped by the story of 20 year old Samantha Shannon, whose sci-fi series has just been snapped up by Bloomsbury for a six-figure sum.
But now I come to think of it, my daughter and her pals self-published their own book at the tender age of 17. In between studying for exams they wrote a guide covering everything a 21st Century teenage girl needs to know about fashion, beauty, parties, schoolwork, health and saving money. I found my copy the other day and realised it contains quite a lot that a middle-aged mum needs to know – tips on applying mascara, the best vintage shops in Oxford and a divine recipe for blueberry muffins.
They also hit on the idea of asking a handful of celebrities for their top tips for teenagers. Lovely Jilly Cooper wrote straight back saying: "Don't be too sad, because love is so excruciatingly painful at your age and I just want to say, if it really hurts you, you will get over it. When I was your age I found huge comfort in reading poetry. It seemed to mirror my sufferings and anguishes and longings and made me feel I wasn't alone and that I would get over my unhappiness."
Meanwhile TV chef and supermodel Sophie Dahl told them: "Always, always, always wash your face before you go to bed if you're wearing make-up. Otherwise you wake up like an old harridan. I use very basic stuff, cold cream and rose water without alcohol from the chemist."
Their book is out of print now but it contains some pithy advice for teenagers embarking on exams. "It's really easy to get stressed out by your friends during the exam period," they wrote. "Everyone always exaggerates how little or how much revision they have done, so try not to take notice of other people when they talk about it."
At their age I was gauche, unsophisticated and not half so smart (and no, I haven't changed much). I certainly didn't know how to cope with exam stress, open a bank account or use a pair of hair straighteners. And with that in mind, I'm off to buy that rose water...
Labels: Books, Jilly Cooper, Sophie Dahl, teenagers
The annual French exchange
As the exam season kicks in with a vengeance, my student daughter hit on a brilliant idea to revise for her impending French oral. She and her flatmate booked a budget flight to Lyon and spent two days immersed in speaking French. It was a far better (and more fun) idea than the usual method of improving teenagers' language skills – the dreaded French exchange.
Apart from my schoolfriend Sarah, who became lifelong pals with the French girl she exchanged with, I've never come across a success story.
When I was 16, I swapped with a sweet French girl called Marie-Line who lived in a fishing village on the Normandy coast. I was desperately homesick, barely uttered a word of French and had nightmares for weeks after walking into the basement and discovering a massive tank of crabs, fish and other creatures from the ocean swimming around – the results of her father's latest fishing trip.
My daughter did a French exchange at the age of 12, which was far too young. It came about after a French business contact of my husband's suggested it – and we reckoned it would be churlish to refuse.
When Jean-Paul delivered his daughter Sabine to our house she was clearly appalled by the whole idea. She loathed the food I cooked, couldn't understand a word I said in either French or English and spent the week buying up her body weight in sweets. It wasn't her fault at all that she hated the whole experience but it certainly didn't do anything for the entente cordiale. Worse still, when her father politely rang the following week to thank us for having Sabine to stay, he added: "Oh, and I hope you didn't let her eat any sweets. I forgot to tell you that she isn't allowed them at home."
Image: François Schnell
Labels: children, exams, France, teenagers
Texting etiquette
My English teacher at secondary school was a stickler for doing things by the book. She was called Miss Milner and she spent hours drumming letter-writing etiquette into my class. In fact she was so thorough that all these years later I'm certain none of us ever use "yours sincerely" when it should be "yours faithfully" – and vice versa.
But after reading in today's Mail on Sunday that texts and emails sent between David Cameron and former News International boss Rebekah Brooks will be revealed at the Leveson Inquiry this week, I've been wondering about text and email etiquette.
"Hi" is the universal form of address these days – and that's fine. But what do you say when you sign off? It's easy if you're emailing family and friends but I'm less sure about work contacts, editors, my children's teachers… "Yours sincerely" is ridiculously pompous, "kindest regards" doesn't sound quite right to me and "love" is way too forward. In the end I usually settle for "best wishes" - slightly feeble, but I can't think of anything better.
And that's not the only conundrum. What about xs? I sign off text messages and emails to virtually everyone I know with an x or two. And when it's my family I just hit the x button so they get a random number of xxxxxxxxxxxs.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned but it doesn't feel right in a work context (I'm terrified, incidentally, that one day I'll forget who I'm emailing and send an editor a long stream of xxxxxs by mistake!)
PS. How impressive is Samantha Shannon? The 20 year old Oxford undergraduate (above) has combined studying for her English degree with writing a series of futuristic adventure novels. Now she's landed a six-figure book deal with Bloomsbury, the publisher of JK Rowling's Harry Potter, with the first novel due out in September 2013.
Labels: David Cameron, letter writing, REbekah Brooks, texting
Competitive tiredness - who is the most exhausted?
Did you know there's a new syndrome called "competitive tiredness?" Apparently loads of us spend our lives bickering about who is the most tired. Well, in our house my husband reckons he's in pole position because he works killer hours at the office. My children are revising for exams so they're exhausted and I think I've got a claim because I've got a mass of deadlines piling up.
But perhaps the answer to the conundrum is to copy the example of two close friends. With four children – aged ten, seven, five and nine months – and a hi-tech business they run together, Charlie and Anna swapped roles for a week to see who had the most demanding life.
Anna took sole charge of the office for five days while Charlie ran around after the children. He got up in the night to see to the baby, organised the school run and did the shopping, cooking and cleaning. She worked 12-hour days at the office before coming home to four boisterous children at night.
It was a real eye-opener for both of them. Charlie couldn't believe how shattering the constant broken nights were and Anna groaned with exhaustion when he handed over the baby the instant she walked through the door in the evening. But they both said they'd do it again like a shot and reckon we should all give it a go. The only trouble is that I wouldn't be much cop at running my husband's business and he'd be hopeless at reviewing books. Perhaps it's best to stick to the day job. What do you think?
PS. Lunch at the pub is a brilliant way to recover from a bout of competitive tiredness. The picture above shows the village of Farnborough in north Oxfordshire, home to one of my favourite pubs. A glass of wine, delicious lunch and good company - my perfect spring Saturday.
Labels: children, competitive tiredness, teenagers
Friday book review - The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
Peter Carey is a writer's writer. He has won the Booker Prize twice and combines beautifully written prose with originality and emotional complexity.
That's my opinion, anyway. Carey's latest novel, The Chemistry of Tears, has received mixed reviews, but I loved it.
The story begins in London, on a blisteringly hot spring day in 2010. Catherine Gehrig, a museum conservator and horologist, has just received devastating news. Her married lover, the man she's adored for 13 years, has dropped dead from a heart attack on the tube.
The clandestine nature of their affair means Catherine must grieve by herself and can't even go to his funeral. The added irony is that while her job is all about intricacy and precision, in private she's a complete mess. She drinks too much, takes too many pills and becomes ever so slightly unhinged.
Worried by the fragile state she's in, Catherine's boss gives her a secret project. He asks her to reconstruct an extraordinary clockwork duck commissioned by a 19th century Englishman as a "magical amusement" for his frail, consumptive son.
Even though she's grief-stricken, Catherine becomes obsessed with the quest to rebuild the mechanical bird - and keen to discover why the child's father went to such lengths to keep his promise to his son. Along the way, she starts to reflect on the mysteries of life and death and how the miracles of human invention often go catastrophically awry.
Set 150 years apart, these are the two intertwining strands at the heart of The Chemistry of Tears. A tender novel of secrets, love, grief and heartache, it's ingenious, thought provoking and gloriously eccentric.
The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey (Faber and Faber, £17.99)
Labels: Books, Friday book review, Peter Carey
Do you ever leave work at 5.30pm?
Working late last night, I finished the piece I was writing and keen to get it out of the way, clicked send. I was stunned ten minutes later to get a reply from the person who'd commissioned the article. It was 10pm!
Whatever happened to the far-flung days when we'd all finish work at 5.30pm and skip merrily out of the office, safe in the knowledge that we wouldn't be back at our desks until the next morning? We sometimes went wild and stopped for a drink on the way home, or heaven forbid, went to the cinema. Now, with emails, mobile phones and loads of us working from home, work is a rolling 24-hour enterprise. It's so extreme in the newspaper world these days that friends of mine work from 8am to 9pm, and are still expected to be on call right round the clock.
That's why an interview I read with Facebook COO (chief operating officer) Sheryl Sandberg this morning was like a breath of fresh air. In a recent video interview, she relates how she walks out of the office at 5.30pm on the dot every day - so she can have dinner with her children at 6pm. She admits that telling people she was working shorter hours to spend time with her family was a challenge at first but now she's quite open about it.
"I was showing everyone I worked for that I worked just as hard," she says. "I was getting up earlier to make sure they saw my emails at 5:30am, staying up later to make sure they saw my emails late. But now I'm much more confident in where I am and so I'm able to say 'hey! I am leaving work at 5:30.' And I say it very publicly, both internally and externally."
As a famous businesswoman at the top of her field, Sheryl Sandberg can call the shots more than the rest of us, but I definitely think she's on to something.
PS. BT has put its iconic red phone boxes up for sale at an eye-watering £2,000 per box. I don't know about you, but I'd far prefer one like this chic green one – spotted at Bicester Village the other day…
Labels: Bicester Village, Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, Working mothers
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Abstract: We study optimization programs given by a bilinear form over non-commutative variables subject to linear inequalities. Problems of this form include the entangled value of two-prover games, entanglement-assisted coding for classical channels and quantum-proof randomness extractors. We introduce an asymptotically converging hierarchy of efficiently computable semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations for this quantum optimization. This allows us to give upper bounds on the quantum advantage for all of these problems. Compared to previous work of Pironio, Navascues and Acin, our hierarchy has additional constraints. By means of examples, we illustrate the importance of these new constraints both in practice and for analytical properties. Moreover, this allows us to give a hierarchy of SDP outer approximations for the completely positive semidefinite cone introduced by Laurent and Piovesan.


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Q: How to export EC private key as PKCS#1 or PKCS#8 format from certificate store by CNG? I tried to export private key from certificate store by CNG API. It work fine when export RSA private key, but failed in EC private key.
The code failed in NCryptExportKey() with 0x80090029.
Is there any document from MS said: Export EC private key not support? or any sample code?
Here is my code:
    NCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE       hKey = NULL;
    SECURITY_STATUS         secStatus = ERROR_SUCCESS;
    NTSTATUS                status = STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
    DWORD                   dwKeySpec, cbData = 0, cbBlob = 0, KeyPolicy = 0;
    PBYTE                   pbHash = NULL, pbBlob = NULL;
    PCCERT_CONTEXT          pSignerCert = NULL;
    unsigned char           *MessagePrivKey;
    Struct_Return ExportMessage = { NULL, 0 };
    bool bStatus;

    pSignerCert = GetCert(MY_CERT_NAME);

    if (!CryptAcquireCertificatePrivateKey(
        pSignerCert,
        CRYPT_ACQUIRE_ONLY_NCRYPT_KEY_FLAG,
        NULL,
        &hKey,
        &dwKeySpec,
        NULL))
    {
        goto End;
    }

    if (FAILED(secStatus = NCryptExportKey(
        hKey,
        NULL,
        NCRYPT_PKCS8_PRIVATE_KEY_BLOB,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        0,
        &cbBlob,
        0)))
    {
        wprintf(L"**** Error 0x%x returned by NCryptExportKey\n", secStatus);
        goto End;
    }

    pbBlob = (PBYTE)HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, cbBlob);
    if (NULL == pbBlob)
    {
        wprintf(L"**** memory allocation failed\n");
        goto End;
    }

    if (FAILED(secStatus = NCryptExportKey(
        hKey,
        NULL,
        NCRYPT_PKCS8_PRIVATE_KEY_BLOB,
        NULL,
        pbBlob,
        cbBlob,
        &cbBlob,
        0)))
    {
        wprintf(L"**** Error 0x%x returned by NCryptExportKey\n", secStatus);
        goto End;
    }

I also tried to call NCryptSetProperty() before export, but it failed with 0x8009000b.
KeyPolicy =  NCRYPT_ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_EXPORT_FLAG | NCRYPT_ALLOW_EXPORT_FLAG;

    if (FAILED(secStatus = NCryptSetProperty(
        hKey,
        NCRYPT_EXPORT_POLICY_PROPERTY,
        (PBYTE)&KeyPolicy,
        sizeof(KeyPolicy),
        NCRYPT_PERSIST_FLAG)))
    {
        wprintf(L"**** Error 0x%x returned by NCryptSetProperty\n", secStatus);
        goto End;
    }

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The presence of incense in any occasion brings about feeling of peace and calm. The wonderful aroma that gently floats around the room brings with it a feeling of complete mysticism fully of positivity. Incense hails from the Latin word incendere, which means to burn. Incense has been used for centuries for religious, auspicious or simply for pleasurably reasons.
The Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Roman, residence of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, Ancient Chinese and Japanese used incense as part of their daily rituals. In modern times incense burning is used for mostly religious ceremonies, mostly by the Buddhists and Hindus.
Incense is considered to bring with it purification and clarity of thought. The burning of incense is associated with the process of purification. In most Asian cultures it is believed that burning incense would wards off malevolent energies and it turn makes room for more positive energies to fill the mind and space around the area where the incense is burned. In ancient China and Japan, incense was used to perfume the clothing's of warriors before war, as a blessing. It was also burnt in the houses of both the royals and commoners as part of their prayer offering. It is believed that the fragrance awakens the subconscious mind, strengthening ones connection with God. It is a mood up lifter and helps generate positivity.
It is also believed that incense burning can also help to keep at bay, viruses in the air and air travelling bacteria that travels in the air.
It is thus, no wonder that even today, during religious precedes incense in frequently used. Incense is also advised to be used while practicing yoga, or for someone who needs to calm their senses. In ancient times, chemicals were not frequently used, thus incense was made from using flowers and other plant plants such as the leaves or even the roots.
With the advancement of science and use of chemicals incense generating products are easily available and now highly poisonous. Thus, it is important to use incense that is approved by organically approved makers. When it comes to health, one should not compromise even if it just with incense. Burning incense that has high chemical compositions can result in lung related issues and in some cases cancer as well.
Incense is different from perfume as one is required to burn the incense. The smell of a perfume is shorter lived than the fragrance that is left over by burning incense.
Incense sticks- incense generating material is neatly placed on sticks. All that one needs to do it burn the top end of the stick. The stick can then be placed in a holder and left to burn out.
Incense oils- These scented oils are meant to be poured in raised containers, a candle can be placed under container. Once the oil gets heated the aroma spreads all around.
Scented candles- The wax that is used to make the candles is scented with incense. Once the candle is lit the incense starts to spread.
Cones- Incense generating material that is formed in the shape of a cone. The tip of the cone needs to the burnt in order for the incense to spread.
It is available in a variety of fragrances today, some that are available depending on the type of mood that one is in.
Floral Incense, from a practically any fresh smelling flower.
Incense is easily available at any store, and in any manner that one wants to buy and burn the incense. The art of incense has its roots planted, from ancient times and brings with it even today lots of mystic beauty and positivity.
For more information on incense burning, click here.


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Q: change angular ui-view inside ng-repeat I am using multiple named ui-views in a single controller. Everything is working as spected when name the ui-view in the html file with this code:

But when I want to load dynamically some of those views with a ng-repeat it does not update the information.

How could I load ui-views from my ng-repeat?

A: This hadn't been answered so i decided to go ahead and show how to do it. Unfortunately for some reason the attempt in the question didn't work but what you can do is link to a function between curly brackets and return the string of the view you want. For instance the controller would look like this:
$scope.groups = ['main','cases', 'models'];
 $scope.pickView = function(index){
     return $scope.groups[index];
 };


Hello friends!! How are you today?! Are you glad is Friday? I am!! because Saturday and Sunday are coming, I have plans to do yard/garden work very early in the morning, also I can rest and sleep at any time, LOL although my daughter wants to do school shopping, I am not sure about that yet, the temperatures are going to be high, 106 degrees is not fun! Also, I can craft and catch up with DT projects.
Anyway, I have a sneak peek for you today. The new Nordic Christmas for Crafter's Companion is coming to town next week and the images are adorable!! Also, a CD will be available with super fun papers and more!
Make a card base from Ultra White Premium Cardstock.
Print snow blue patterned paper and adhere it to a piece of red cardstock, adhere it to card base.
Die-cut Scenic Pines from White cardstock, stencil the pine trees with Peeled Paint Distress Ink and adhere it to card, cover the lower part with Star Dust Stickles, set aside to dry.
Fussy cut image and add it to card base with foam adhesive.
Stamp sentiment, die-cut and emboss it with circle dies, add it to a scallop circle piece from red cardstock.
Step 1: Gather all your materials needed, in this case I used Stardream Metallic Fine Gold and Savoy Bright White Card stock. White Organza Ribbon, Golden Glitz Delicata ink and stamps.
Step 2: Cut a piece of Savoy Bright White cardstock, 4.25" square and stamps snowflakes in Golden Glitz Delicata ink. Mount piece on a 4.5" square piece of same color card stock.
Step 3: Die-cut snowflakes from Stardream Metallic Fine Gold Card stock.
Step 4: Die-cut a couple of same snowflakes from Bright White Card stock and adhere them behind gold one.
Step 5: Tie White organza ribbon on stamped panel, then adhere it to a 5" square Stardream Metallic Fine Gold card base.
Step 6: Add snowflakes with foam adhesive, stamp sentiment and add it to card with foam adhesive as well.
Stamps and dies are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, sadly, they are retired.
Morgan Fitzsimons Flight of Fantasy CD-ROM Release!
Hello friends! Happy Wednesday to you all. I have a new card for you today. This tie using an image from the new Morgan Fitzimons Flight of Fantasy CD-ROM, this CD is full of images, patterned papers, sentiments and more! You are going to enjoy creating whimsical projects or just having fun coloring!
The image was die-cut with Circle dies, finally added lace and rhinestones.
Hello friends! Happy Monday, today is the last Monday of the month!! Today I have a card showcasing one of the new Sheena Victorian Floral stamps "Lily". The collection includes coordinated dies, this card is very simple since I really wanted to show how pretty the flower is.
Start with a scored white card base. 6" x 6".
Cut a panel from Yellow Pearl Shimmering cardstock 5.5" x 5.5". Die-cut a circle window in the center of panel, then dry emboss piece with Petite Dot Embossalicious embossing folder.
Die-cut a circle window on a Rose Pearl Shimmering cardstock to add behind the yellow panel, add foam adhesive and add panel to card base.
Stamp, color and die-cut flower.
Flower: FS1, FS3, FS4, FS6, CR1, CR2.
Stamp sentiment on a white cardstock in black ink, die-cut it with Just the Tickets die.
Add black dots and create a double bow with Ultimate Tool.
Hello friends! Happy Saturday! Hope you are having a relaxing day, that is the plan I have for today. I want to craft and create, I will not worry about meals or laundry, LOL. At least that's my plan, I have to run few errand before, but we'll see if I can work on the things I have planned.
Anyway, I have a super glittery and shiny card for you. The picture doesn't make justice on how glittery the paper is. I created this card for CutCardStock, the charcoal is paper, so I added cardstock to the sides after die-cutting the top.
This is the inside look!
I also stamped a silver seal to decorate the envelope.
Super easy and fun card!! Also, you have the chance to win some envelopes and seals! Just leave your comment HERE, you have until midnight July 26th!
Cut a piece of white cardstock and die-cut the bottom edge with detail dies. Then use the coffee beans stencil and Vintage Photo distress ink and sponge the panel without touching the die-cut part.
Stamp sentiment in Black StazOn ink.
Die-cut the splash shape, ink all edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink and adhere it to card with dimensionals.
Add a coffee cup wood veneers on top of splash.


You might notice over there on my oh so neglected blogroll is a new entry.
My baby sister has decided to join the world of blogging.
In typical youngest child fashion she loves to be the center of attention, so mosey on over there and check it out.
If you decide to comment, be nice. Or else I will hunt you down and break your kneecaps.


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A collective of musicians, creating collaborative art through the meeting of minds
Commissions and Performances
Before Language
Chasing the King of Hearts
Human Triptych
Looking For Samuel
Painted Feet
Playing the Rookery
Education Projects
Collaborative Practise
A-Level/GCSE Composition Workshops
Primary Schools Workshops
IMPULSE Young Leadership Programme
The Music Education Expo 2013!
Last week was one of the most interesting and exciting for MOC – exhibiting at the first ever Education Expo at the Barbican had been on our minds since the end of last year when we booked our 2X1m plot of land! What would we do with the space and how could we sell what we do in a clear and concise way amidst all the musical instrument stalls, well-known musicians' friends such as Suzuki Institute, ISM and even the Marine Army Band!
After arriving at the space it became clear that we had to do something different to stand out – selecting a canvas that had been painted by the dancer in our first project seemed fitting along with large prints of our Education Pack, a little jar for business cards and a TV to show off our photographs and videos! The transformation was quite something:
At 10.00 the next day, the doors opened and we were off! A constant stream of people visited our stand, curious and otherwise interested to talk to us more about Music Off Canvas and what we offer. Perfectly positioned by the café, our stand drew some valuable responses.
"That stand just has personality!" said one passer-by and "wow, how refreshing to see something so creative!"
Other comments were perhaps less welcome than others but definitely entertaining; "it looks like an elephant drew it" has to be a highlight!
We wanted to present an interactive space where people could really appreciate from a practical level the essence of collaborative practice that is core to our work. A blank canvas was positioned with numerous arts materials next to our stand as a space where people could get involved and learn about the relationships between colour, texture, gesture and musical composition.
For the first half of the day, the canvas begged to be drawn on but people were too shy to make that first mark! A few braver characters later and we had managed to engage people in the process as we improvised musically to their direction.
By the end of the two days we had a full canvas of people's imaginative musings, including a shark and a surfer, which we hadn't expected!
What a masterpiece!
Our visitors included freelance musicians, primary and secondary school teachers, university lecturers from China and Canada, a professor of performance anxiety, heads of education departments from RCM and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and even the wonderful flautist and true inspiration of Hannah's – Atarah Ben-Tovim. Hannah was over-the-moon to be embraced by the very lady who had inspired Hannah to play the flute at the age of 8, with thanks for inspiring her with the Music Off Canvas initiative!
After a marathon day of discussing, selling and chatting with fellow Expo exhibitors we made our way across to the cafe (only a mere few steps) to enjoy an after work drink with other stand holders. We spent an enjoyable hour or so discussing workshops and lifestyle with the two marine army exhibitors who had travelled up for the Expo from Southampton and rather unkindly been stationed in Greenwich! Vanessa's two weeks 'work experience' with the Royal Corps of Signals in Blandford came up in conversation naturally!
The following day we set to preparing for the onslaught of potential customers and interested musicians and although the second day was perhaps more subdued than the initial flurry of activity that came with the first, there was no less interest and plenty of enquiries to keep us on our toes!
Luckily we had one of our collaborators, movement specialist Niamh McKernon to help us out! We are currently working very closely with Niamh to discover further territory for the Education Branch of MOC, looking at the benefits and values of collaborative practice and how we can share those with others.
When the event came to a close we breathed a sigh of relief but beaming with happiness from the amount of inspiring conversation we had with people about creativity in the music industry. We were truly touched to see how MOC 'creating collaborative art through the meeting of minds' really is making a difference.
Off then to quickly taxi back the TV we had borrowed from Hannah's home and on to rehearse with Emma Miller for our upcoming performance with Non-Classical/Platform 33 crossover event. Back on with the creative hats then!
http://www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/
Sounds Outstanding! A report from the Saatchi Project
Last Friday 1st March, Music Off Canvas took to the stage to present five world premieres written by the hugely talented young composers from the Purcell School for Young Musicians.
The project started back in January when we travelled to the Saatchi Gallery to explore the current exhibition:
"GAIETY IS THE MOST OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF THE SOVIET UNION".
The composers were given free reign of the exhibition as they hunted down the artwork they wanted to respond to. We handed them a worksheet to fill out with questions to help direct their thoughts, such as 'How could you reflect or project the artwork in your composition? Does the artwork remind you of a specific musical genre? What will the performers wear? ' but perhaps most effective, a large space on the paper for visual brainstorming….
Exploring the Boundaries…
Just over a week later, we visited the composers for our first workshop. We showed them famous examples of composers work which has been influenced by other art forms, such as Xenakis influenced by architecture and Schoenberg influenced by the expressionist paintings of Kandinsky.
Following thorough instrument demonstrations from MOC to show the capabilities of our instruments (whistle tones, key clicks, multiphonics, you name it) we played through the first draft of ideas which the composers had been working on.
Very impressed! They had each responded so individually to their art work and were so sure of their ideas… certainly a great start!
Bringing the Canvas to Life
The project had a specific MOC brief; the composition had to instruct some sort of choreographic element to the performance. To think in sounds and aural textures is one thing, but to think about the visual aspect too is something a composer might not necessarily address, otherwise leaving it to the performers. As cross-arts practitioners we believe it is important to experiment with these visual aspects in exploration of further dimensions that can be added to a composition. These visual aspects have no boundaries, from addressing where performers might stand in relation to the artwork and what costumes they might wear, to prescribing physical movements at specific points in a piece.
Ideas were presented somewhat tentatively to begin with so we freed them up with an exercise borrowed from one of our collaborators, artist Tamarin Norwood. They were to express gestural markings in response to their artwork. Great. Fun.
Then the experimentation began! We played face to face, back to back, back to front, head to toe, on the floor, on the ceiling.. (well, not quite!)
The Canvas Is Filled!
The composers had been beavering away over half-term and came bright-eyed and bushey tailed to our next workshop session. The pieces were all beautifully written and full of unique identity, painting a new picture in response to their stimulus. They had even notated choroegraphed elements too:
AND they had been thinking about what costumes we could wear! Thanks to composer Sophie Sparkes, we spent our Thursday evening splatting paint all over clean white shirts, thus:
Preparing for the show…
The day had arrived. After lots of hard work, we were excited to finally arrive at the Saatchi Gallery, bags bulging with costumes and all!
In the meantime, the Saatchi Gallery had emailed us:
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Blimey! It really is quite incredible that a concert full of contemporary works was sold out and come 18.15 there was even a queue all the way down to the road for additional standing ticket sales!
Maybe a listing in the Evening Standard had something to do with it…
So, we had our work cut out but a great team of partners behind us to make this event really special…
Presenting the works…
The audience were loosened up with their two free Russian cocktails and the atmosphere in the room was buzzing, everyone pleased to have their prized tickets and eager to find out how the talented young composers had responded to the vibrant artwork that was surrounding them.
The first two works in the program were inspired by the work below, Criminal Government (2008) by Gosha Ostretsov, in which cells hold realistic figures in bloodied business suits, some with limbs missing and all with abstract-shaped heads. The work represents government officials being dehumanized or punished, like prisoners of war.
Sophie Sparkes - We Are Figments Of Others
Sophie wanted to portray the idea of identity being shifted and transferred to one another, achieving this musically with moments of unity in contrast with manic independence. Physically, Sophie clearly instructs the performers of which cells to stand in front of, mimicking the positions of the figures inside them and then later becoming more animated to the point where there is a switch of persona and thus physical positioning.
Nathaniel Coxon - Introduction and 5 Preludes to a Criminal Government
This work dedicates a movement of the piece to each cell in the artwork. With the performers wearing black clothing in dimmed lighting, the whole piece has an overall sombre tone, one movement containing a haunting oboe solo entitled "Funeral March". Intelligently woven into this atmosphere are faster movements with driven metre creating a Russian sound world through well explored diversity of the wind instruments.
The third piece in the program was based on a different artwork Sex In The City (2008) by the same artist. Working in the Paris fashion world in the 1980s and 90's, Ostretsov became involved with costume-art and performance and his interest in comic-strip and superhero culture led him to make grotesque latex masks, which play a central role in his exploration of power. In this work, Ostretsov knowingly subverts the idea that comic-strips had not yet been assimilated into Russian Art and are not considered a medium with which to convey anything serious.
Jordan Stockdale - Kalpa 5
Wearing costumes which blended in with the artwork, MOC surrounded the art and gradually swayed with the vibrato as if to come to life. Once the performers were 'active' they moved to the front of the room to play the majority of the piece which explores innovatively experimental dovetailing and note colouring between the instruments. At the very end of the piece, MOC merge back into the artwork both in sound and movement.
During the interval, we performed a piece inspired by the works of Yelena Popova with their transparent, softened geometric forms, recalling the aesthetics of Russian constructivism and minimalism. They display a series of paintings on linen which range in size and combine graphic pattern and unpredictable shapes with a delicacy of touch and colour.
Gabriel Williams - Layers
Gabriel composed a series of beautiful chords to be played as the audience were walking around the gallery space. He wanted MOC to start playing in rhythmic unison, physically facing inwards towards each other. The performers then gradually became dislodged and phased freely with each other as they themselves wondered around the gallery too. The audience were free to talk and experience these layers of sounds as the musicians came closer to them and then disappeared into the distance. The result was beautifully free and had a very strong correlation to the artwork.
The last piece MOC performed was inspired by the works of Valery Koshlyakov who makes large-scale cardboard paintings and collages of architectural monuments which offer a re-reading of the symbols of empire. Covered in paint drips, his flattened-box panels look wet, urgent, quickly rendered and they show iconic subjects from a Soviet empire.
Anna Disley-Simpson - Figments
Anna wanted to convey the blatent irony of these grand buildings painted on to cardboard. Using very direct and beautiful melodies, Anna seemed to overlap the parts as they passed it over to one another, just like the overlapping cardboard and paint. MOC were directed to stamp, key click and slide their feet around on the floor which created dry, textural sounds complementing its simplicity. Anna made cardboard headpieces for MOC to wear, visually overlapping the artwork and the performers too.
You can watch the videos of the performances (coming soon) on our websitewww.musicoffcanvas.com
After the show…
Phew! We had played our hearts out and were pretty quick off the mark to rush downstairs to find any left over cocktails! (Not the composers mind, believe it or not, they are only 17!)
We have had most rewarding feedback saying that the concert changed the way in which some people saw and understood the artwork, brought to life in a way that would never otherwise be possible. The composers said that "MOC and the Saatchi project has given us so many ideas" and one friend even took his family back to the Saatchi Gallery at the weekend to show them the exhibition!
So, it is proven then… collaboration between the artworlds broadens horizons and offers people more avenues in which to connect with and experience the arts.
This, is what it is all about.
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Englishwoman in Angora. With illus., reproduced from the author"s own sketches and photographs, and with a cartoon by L. Raven Hill. by Grace Mary Ellison
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Nokia achieves first 5G carrier aggregation call in standalone architecture with Taiwan Mobile
Successful trial aggregates spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) for the first time to deliver enhanced connectivity and increased coverage
Trial supports Taiwan Mobile's vision to deliver market-leading 5G services to customers
Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) today announced that it has achieved the world's first New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) by combining spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) bands. The trial, which took place in a 5G standalone (SA) network environment, paves the way for TWM to deliver market-leading 5G experiences to its customers with enhanced connectivity and capacity. Carrier Aggregation combines frequency bands for higher rates and increased coverage, delivering superior network capacity and maximizing the spectral efficiency of 5G networks.
The successful trial was performed with Nokia's AirScale 5G SA architecture in TWM's commercial 5G network and combined two spectrum bands, frequency division duplex (FDD) in 700MHz (n28) and time division duplex (TDD) in 3500MHz (n78), which are widely adopted in 5G networks worldwide. FDD is a lower frequency band that provides wide coverage area improving cell edge performance; TDD has a higher bandwidth and capacity. The combination of these spectrum bands offers enhanced capacity and coverage supporting a range of 5G deployment scenarios, including indoor and enhanced outdoor coverage. MediaTek Inc. supported the trial by providing equipment to verify network performance.
Nokia is TWM's sole 5G equipment supplier covering 5G RAN, 5G Core and 5G IMS including its latest AirScale Radio Access products. Nokia is a long-standing partner of TWM and is supporting the company in its efforts to execute its 'Super 5G strategy' which is focused on sustainability and digital transformation.
Tom Koh, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Technology Group, Taiwan Mobile, commented: "This trial is an important milestone as we execute our 5G strategy and deliver best-in-class 5G services to our subscribers. Combining SA with NR CA, our 5G user experience is raised to the next level while the utilization of our spectrum assets and 5G networks are maximized. We are pleased with our partnership with Nokia as we continue to advance deployment and build a thriving 5G ecosystem."
Mark Atkinson, SVP, Radio Access Networks PLM at Nokia, said: "We are delighted to have completed this successful trial with our trusted partner, Taiwan Mobile. Aggregating spectrum is an efficient way to enable enhanced coverage and capacity. This successful trial highlights how mobile operators with similar spectrum allocation can achieve similar results."
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When we were at the winery concert Thursday night we sat at a table with a lovely family. One daughter played oboe and the other bassoon. The mother and father were fun to speak with, and the mother said she reads this blog sometimes. If you are out there and see this I would love to hear from you … I'm so mad that I forgot to write down your names and I have the World's Worst Memory! Sigh. Thank you for sharing your table with us chatty women, and I do hope you had the most wonderful time at the IDRS!
I hate to even share some things … if this business gets too busy it'll take longer to get my reed order. And yes, I DO play on other folks' reeds much of the time these days. I just don't like to make reeds. I think every oboist should learn to make reeds. I think it's of utmost importance. However I don't think we all have the talent to make them well. I'm one what I call the World's Worst Reed Maker. It doesn't mean I'll stop trying, but it does mean I'll buy reeds if I can find someone who works for me. Tanya's reed do. Heck, she got me through Les Miserables!
playing the Oboe Releases all negative emotions for me. I Hope everyone else HAS an Outlet Like That.
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