James Wood

Sep 16, 2024 | plough.com | James Wood

I remember the moment I told myself I would never talk to my dad again. I was sixteen years old, and my dad’s adoptive parents had just surprised me with my first car: a bright yellow used Geo Tracker (that I would soon trade for a truck). After a slight disagreement, we split into separate vehicles to drive back to my mother’s house. In the other car my dad was drinking while driving my little brother, and I drove my new car with his new wife.

May 20, 2024 | panmacmillan.com | Salman Rushdie |James Wood |Katie Kitamura |Amitava Kumar

'This profound book is full of lives whose beauty lies in the wholeness of their telling.' – Salman Rushdie'Kumar's late father’s life breaks like a slowly cresting wave over the sad and joyful ground of this story . . . Always deeply human; the heart is everywhere in these pages . . . Kumar's beautiful, truthful fiction . . .

Feb 29, 2024 | discretionarylove.com | James Wood

There was no doubt: the ping of my instant message service always made my heart beat faster. After more than thirty years in investment management, I’d grown tired of the chase: more money, more luxury, then emptiness. But every time I got an email, the whiff of a new deal got my blood up, even if I’d stepped back from my firm’s sharp end years ago. I stared down from my 27th-floor office into mid-town Manhattan, looking at nothing in particular.

Aug 12, 2023 | nrla.org.uk | James Wood

The Welsh Government amended the Occupation Contract template documents this week. NRLA Head of Policy James Wood explains what landlords in Wales need to do. Landlords in Wales need to update their occupation contract templates, after the Welsh Government amended the documents this week. The change was made on Wednesday (December 6) when the Welsh Government amended the explanatory information part of the contract.

Mar 25, 2023 | wardwoodpublishing.co.uk | James Wood

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