Certain People
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| Originally published | 1930 |
| Authors | Edith Wharton |
| Genres | Literary Fiction |
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| ID | 2339615 |
About Certain People
A collection of six short stories. The book starts with Atrophy, a neat study of near desperation in tight social surroundings as Nora Frenway bravely seeks to visit her gravely ill lover Christopher only to come up against the polite rebuff presented by his domineering sister Jane Aldiss. . . .
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma turn Liverpool warehouse into a battlefield for Macbeth
... When asked who she was thinking about when working out how to play the calculating and cut-throat Lady Macbeth, Varma replies: " It s hard not to think about Certain People, isn t it? Political figures out there...
Could decriminalisation solve Scotland's drug problem?
... The panels have a variety of options available to them, including referring the user for treatment or counselling; levying fines for repeat appearances; imposing sanctions such as revoking a driving licence, a gun licence, or the right to practise in a licensed profession; and applying restrictions on visiting certain places or associating with Certain People...
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... Like Bakari, who doesn t justify the riots but believes they are understandable: " Certain People react against violence with violence...
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... Sofa surfing" Certain People leap out and you pull them in, " he says...
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... In an following the death of her son Benjamin, Lisa Marie wrote in August 2022: " Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what Certain People or our culture wants us to believe...
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... " Those options were there for you, but the hood protects Certain People - and I feel like I was one of those people...
'School talked only about care leavers going to prison'
... Her teachers at school probably knew she was in foster care, she says, but it was mentioned in a negative way only" The only time at high school that foster care was brought up, it was to talk about why Certain People were statistically more likely to go to prison, which doesn t really help to give kids in foster care much hope for the future, " Rosie says...
Barnsley paedophile to jet off on holiday before sentencing
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Barnsley paedophile to jet off on holiday before sentencing
A paedophile who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two girls has been allowed to jet off On Holiday to Greece before being sentenced.
Matthew Thompson , 48, is set to fly to Kos for a week-long break despite facing a possible jail term.
Thompson, from Barnsley, admitted 10 offences, including sexual assault and taking indecent images of a child.
Judge Jonathan Gibson said despite his pleas he would not revoke bail ahead of sentencing on 18 November.
After Thompson pleaded guilty to the offences at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday, his barrister, Gillian Batts, said her client had a pre-booked holiday to Kos which he would like to Go On .
Ms Batts said he was due to fly out on Thursday and return on 27 October and suggested he could " sign on" with Barnsley police The Day after he arrived back.
She told The Court she had advised her client he would also need to sign on as a sex offender with The Police before Going Away .
What is bail?Following the application, Judge Gibson told Thompson: " You've pleaded guilty and you will of course get proper credit for your guilty pleas in due course when you're sentenced.
" You've been on bail and I'm not going to revoke your bail simply because you have entered honest pleas. "
The Judge said he was Making It a condition of Thompson's bail that he reported to Barnsley police on October 28 to show he had returned to the UK.
Source of news: bbc.com