Hannah Davies

1 week ago | david-allen.co.uk | Hannah Davies

Share The earlier you take control of your finances, the more options and freedom you earn for yourself down the line, and when it comes to retirement planning, a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is one of the most flexible, tax-efficient options available to help you build a strong foundation for later life. We would like to encourage you to think of your pension journey as a bit like riding a bike.

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Alexi Duggins |Hannah Davies

Podstars … from left: Katherine Ryan and Nova Reid. Composite: Guardian Design/Dave Benett/Getty Images/The Observer Aftermath: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer Jeremiah Crowell’s CBC series transports listeners back to 2001, and the anthrax letter attacks that had much of the US gripped with panic in the wake of 9/11. If it all seems like a distant memory, Crowell’s meticulous narration of the events bring the frenzy and confusion of it all right back.

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Hollie Richardson |Hannah Davies |Graeme Virtue |Ellen Jones |Simon Wardell

Saddam Hussein’s ‘guests’ … a still from Flight 149: Hostage of War. Photograph: Drum Studios/Sky UK Flight 149: Hostage of War 9pm, Sky Documentaries“I’m on a British Airways passenger flight, where’s the champagne? Then there’s this moment when you think: ‘Fuck, they’re bombing the aeroplane.’” That’s the account of one of the survivors of the hostages captured by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s forces when a civilian flight landed in Kuwait in 1990.

4 weeks ago | medium.com | Hannah Davies

Exploring Gender Roles in 1800s Europe. Many scholars prefer to translate the title to ‘A Doll House’ to emphasize the ‘doll’s’ lack of possession as she is in the dollhouse, but it is not hers. Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play entitled, A Doll’s House (sometimes translated as A Doll House) was a great read. The Norwegian play provided a captivating look into 19th century gender dynamics, as its protagonist-Nora-struggles with societal expectations/restrictions.

1 month ago | medium.com | Hannah Davies

In Everett’s novel, the enslaved man tells his story. *Book Review*James by Percival Everett retells Mark Twain’s famous 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. What separates Percival Everett’s work from its predecessor is its strong character development in Jim, aka James. In Everett’s novel, the enslaved man, a figure who typically lacks agency, snatches his own agency to tell his story.