Michael Magee

Nov 22, 2024 | yorkshiretimes.co.uk | Jack Anderson |Min Jin Lee |Lisa Jewell |Michael Magee

artsDespite psychologists and bereavement counsellors telling us there are five stages of grief which we all experience, I have found that we can display grief differently. Some people cry immediately or at the funeral or later, when something seemingly unconnected occurs and unleashes a wave of pent-up or carefully controlled emotion.

Nov 8, 2024 | yorkshiretimes.co.uk | Min Jin Lee |Lisa Jewell |Michael Magee |Gabrielle Zevin

artsReviewWherever I lay my hat, that’s my home is a favourite song of mine by Paul Young. I remember driving up the motorway, en route to visit family in Scotland, when we saw in the distance, the high-rise flats of Glasgow. “Not pretty,” I said, and the voice beside me replied, knowingly, “Maybe but each flat is someone’s home.” House, flat or bungalow, mansion, castle or palace, it’s home to someone and home is a word with a special meaning.

Oct 25, 2024 | yorkshiretimes.co.uk | Lisa Jewell |Michael Magee |Gabrielle Zevin |Diane Allen

artsHow well do we really know our neighbours, no matter how close they live? Or our friends, or even our family, especially when those people know how to project a perfectly acceptable image of themselves, whether or not it is true? How easy is it for suspicion to poison the mind and, warranted or not, a relationship?

Oct 11, 2024 | yorkshiretimes.co.uk | Michael Magee |Gabrielle Zevin |Diane Allen |Gay Marris

artsThe history of Northern Ireland has long interested me. My mother was born in Belfast and we still have family living in the province. History lessons at both O and A level covered the topic and Seamus Heaney’s poetry, reflecting as it does on his life in rural Northern Ireland, seems to have regularly invaded my Lit. studies.

Aug 21, 2024 | bibliosurf.com | Michael Magee

« Il est coincé ici pour toujours, pas vrai ? Comme une souris prise au piège, il continuera à se tortiller dans les rues de Belfast jusqu’à son dernier souffle. »Après des études à Liverpool, Sean Maguire est de retour à Belfast parmi les siens. Il retrouve le quartier ouvrier où il a grandi, dans une ville meurtrie par plusieurs décennies de conflit entre catholiques et protestants, et où la prospérité promise par les accords de paix se fait toujours attendre.