The International Writer's Magazine: April 2016 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Three continents -Twenty countries Rebecca Lowe's Bicycle Blog to the Middle East- update Bregovi, Serbia to Tran, Bulgaria Total miles cycled: 1,650 (2,655km) Thigh status: Rubenesque Turkmenbashi’s Land of Fairy Tales Tom Coote I got lost on my way to the land of fairy tales. I had confidently followed the road to the Promised Land, only to find that it led to ruins. The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk The first democratic constitution in the world - Kateryna Dzekun One may claim that the modern history of a nation begins with its constitution. The Cook Islands, Raratonga, Tahiti & Aitutaki David Russell The Island’s prime function served as a canoe stop on the way to New Zealand Trump - America's Mussolini? Fred C Wilson 'In politics stupidity is not a handicap.' ~Napoleon Bonaparte~

Prince Rogers Nelson - 1958-2016 James Campion During the most prolific musical period of my life, my early twenties, when I wrote and played music for a living, more or less, there was only one artist that mattered; Prince Rogers Nelson. Jordan Islamists and the precipice Marwan Asmar The current tensions between the government and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is clearly rising to the boil with no end in sight Playing Statues in Spain James Skinner Spain is still immersed in its own political mayhem trying to sort out a new government after the debacle of elections in December of last year. The Great Republican Lie on Abortion + Readers Responses James Campion if I were a woman in no way, shape or form would I ever support a major political party that stands by the concept of allowing the government to manipulate my insides. Ever.

The Psychology of the Fear of Flying and How to Overcome It Phoebe Parlade If you are afraid of flying, avoiding taking a flight is the worst thing that you can do. Learn why that is true and identify ways to confront the underlying cause of your anxiety. Panamik – Nature’s own spa Murli Menon After spending three weeks at Leh, I came to know about the sulphur springs at Panamik, which offered miraculous cures for arthritis, digestive ailments and skin diseases. Beware Of Toasters, They’re Going To Get You... - Joe Swain The first time I took a hammer to a machine, it was one of those big Xerox photocopiers with an A3-sized glass slab under its hood and an attitude to suit. The Three C’s Tom Kilcourse The three C’s I have in mind stand for capitalism, competition and corporation, or more correctly, corporatism. Math- It's a numbers game But why make it compulsory?

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REVIEWS Film & Books

The Most Vital Organ of All Abigail George The dimensions of love are beautiful. They can inspire you to wuthering heights or not at all. The Rush of '72 Sam North Keeping secrets is hard The true story of the Great Diamond Rush of 1872. (First Chapter extract)

Listen Andrew Lee-Hart It was weeks until I heard him speak more than a couple of words, and by then I had probably told him my whole life story, which he had swallowed whole like a whale eating plankton, with only the occasional “yes” or “hmm” to encourage me in. Stacker Julie McSmith After supper Bessie always set a few utensils and pieces of dinnerware in precarious positions in the orange plastic dish rack next to the sink.

Concho by Denzel Holmes Dan Schneider review A Texas Western set in 1873 Heyday: Britain and the Birth of the Modern World by Ben Wilson Sam North review Brilliant & accessible insight into a pivotal decade in world history * We welcome Toz by Sam Hawksmoor into the world - published in Turkish in hardback.

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