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Over the past ten years I’ve been writing a novel called A Short (Personal) History of the Bra and its Contents, and I’ve set up this blog to make a couple of the chapters available for feedback and discussion. The … Continue reading →

Please leave a comment if you can… (you can do it anonymously if you like) This novel breaks a lot of ‘rules’ about what fiction is supposed to be like, and it deals with very provocative and emotionally loaded material, … Continue reading →

One of the things I keep coming up against in writing and researching this novel – A Short (Personal) History of the Bra and its Contents – whether I’m researching gender and gender variations, breast implants and cosmetic surgery, the … Continue reading →

–>printer (pdf) version of Art of Peace chapters x 2 + notes Natalie is due back in a few days. She sends me her flight details on the back of a postcard of Horst’s famous corsetted woman from 1939. It … Continue reading →

printer (pdf) version of Art of Peace chapters When Maddie turned forty, she had a big party in a disused room at the back of an old pub. The room was octagonal, and had two pool tables, a juke box … Continue reading →

These notes and references are for the text of the ‘Art of Peace’ novel chapters. (Remember to bookmark this page before you start clicking on these… or use tabbed browsing.) (links coming soon..) –>printer (pdf) version of Art of Peace … Continue reading →

Natalie says: ‘The bra is the ultimate symbol of modernity: progress; comfort and the avoidance of pain; perfection.’ Gail says: ‘Classification, competition, assessment.’ Natalie writes a card for Dr B, quoting the words of Anthony Forge, Professor of Anthropology in … Continue reading →

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Here’s a few links to some websites and books about Aikido: (Tip: make sure you right click on these links and open them in a new tab or window, so you can come back here again.) An introduction to the … Continue reading →

(Tip: make sure you right click on these links and open them in a new tab or window,so you can come back here again.) Cancer Information Support Society (Australia) http://www.ciss.org.au/ Website with heaps of articles and information, (print) Newsletter, and … Continue reading →