Olivia Harrison paints a loving portrait of her husband that brings together anecdotes and testimonies from those closest to him throughout his life and marries them perfectly to images that capture his peaceful intensity. What we see in these photographs is the arc of a man's life, from the stark images of the Liverpool he grew up in through family portraits and school photos to those of a young man standing atop cities with thousands of disciples and the world at his feet. George Harrison's own photographs offer the reader a glimpse of how he saw the world himself; pictures of his band mates, fans and the wonderful vistas of India tell us what he thought was beautiful. The testimonies tell us of a man who strived for spiritual peace and we can see from the changes between the manic pictures of the Beatles heyday to the more solemn and pensive images of George meditating in India that he was not content to live a material life.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Sunday, 11 December 2011
A Song of Ice and Fire
I resisted reading A Game of Thrones for a long time before I finally gave in. I knew that once I succumbed I'd be signing away the next month of my life to such an epic fantasy series. Alas once I had watched the series and gotten thoroughly addicted I just couldn't help myself, I've always been impatient and I certainly wasn't going to wait until next year to find out what happened. And now I find myself three weeks in and just starting the second half of the third book having spent all my spare hours engrossed in George R.R. Martin's intricately constructed world.
He is a master of his craft. It's been some years since I last embarked on the reading of such a huge fantasy series and I'd forgotten the joy of being so addicted that you devour book after book. The scope of this story is truly epic and Martin manages to handle a dizzying array of characters and plot lines with incredible skill, dropping hints and teasers only to pick the threads up a thousand pages later and halfway across his world. There is a character to suit everyones tastes so any reader will find someone to champion. My personal favourite is Tyrion Lannister, The Imp, he is exceedingly clever and very well written with hidden depths. John Snow the bastard of Winterfell is another favourite, noble and sad. If you liked Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series then you will love this as much as i do. I couldn't even begin to summarise the plot and I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone all I can say is read it!
He is a master of his craft. It's been some years since I last embarked on the reading of such a huge fantasy series and I'd forgotten the joy of being so addicted that you devour book after book. The scope of this story is truly epic and Martin manages to handle a dizzying array of characters and plot lines with incredible skill, dropping hints and teasers only to pick the threads up a thousand pages later and halfway across his world. There is a character to suit everyones tastes so any reader will find someone to champion. My personal favourite is Tyrion Lannister, The Imp, he is exceedingly clever and very well written with hidden depths. John Snow the bastard of Winterfell is another favourite, noble and sad. If you liked Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series then you will love this as much as i do. I couldn't even begin to summarise the plot and I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone all I can say is read it!
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