The perfect haiku for the 21st century.

Found on social media, so unsure if accreditation is correct. By video-vendetta Error 404: Your haiku could not be found. Try again later. And rj4gui4r thought it was genius and benedmauglocked said ‘As an English teacher, this made me weep tears of awestruck joy.’

LBC 3 Reads – May Read

Our bi-monthly zoom book club continues this month and - as is usual for us - we have the theme (however loosely applied) and choices ahead of time. Our 2023 Choices Theme - Delicious Reads This year we will mostly be reading books - fictional and non - that feature or are about food. 21 … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – May Read

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TV – Recipes for love and murder

As we are reading this for todays #LBC3Reads, thought I’d share this trailer here! https://youtu.be/ycR1VDYrpME It’s her from the commitments - Maria Doyle Kennedy! Meet Tannie Maria. She's fifty-something, short and soft (perhaps a bit too soft in the wrong places). Tannie Maria is our irresistible narrator, a woman of hearty appetite and formidable culinary … Continue reading TV – Recipes for love and murder

#LBCWSwan – April Read

For April, we will be reading: How high we go in the dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu Date: 16th April Venue: White Swan, Leeds City Centre Time: 6pm Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter's research, only to discover a virus, newly unearthed from melting permafrost. The plague unleashed … Continue reading #LBCWSwan – April Read

#LBCHorsforth – April Read

We will be meeting up for April to discuss Sea of Tranquility- Emily St John Mandel Date: 12th April Venue: Zoom Time: 7.30pm In 1912, eighteen-year-old Edwin St. Andrew crosses the Atlantic, exiled from English polite society. In British Columbia, he enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and for a … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – April Read

#LBCHorsforth – March Read – Face to Face

In March, we will be reading - No one is talking about this - Patricia Lockwood Date: 8th March 2023 Time: 7.30pm Venue: White Swan Leeds This is a story about a life lived in two halves. It's about what happens when real life collides with the increasing absurdity of a world accessed through a … Continue reading #LBCHorsforth – March Read – Face to Face

LBC White Swan – March Read

In March, we will be visiting the Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Date: 12th March 2023 Time: 6pm Venue: White Swan Leeds The Ocean at the End of the Lane This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane: A dead man … Continue reading LBC White Swan – March Read

LBC 3 Reads – March Read

Our bi-monthly zoom book club continues this month and - as is usual for us - we have the theme (however loosely applied) and choices ahead of time. Our 2023 Choices Theme - Delicious Reads This year we will mostly be reading books - fictional and non - that feature or are about food. 21 … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – March Read

Quote – Carl Sagan

“One glance at a book and you actually hear the voice of another person — perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” Carl Sagan, 20th Century American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

LBC 3 Reads – Our 2023 Reads

Our bi-monthly zoom book club continues this month and - as is usual for us - we have the theme (however loosely applied) and choices ahead of time. Our 2023 Choices Theme - Delicious Reads This year we will mostly be reading books - fictional and non - that feature or are about food. 21 … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Our 2023 Reads