The Hard Word Box John Stuart Clark populating it with – at

populating it with – at the last count – 150 animals

Steeped in – but eventually moving well beyond – the influence of his mentor and friend Charlie Parker

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But each group relates in different ways to colonialism and their failure to communicate openly about those differences leads to mutual suspicions that provide their enemies with the means to destroy them

The Hard Word Box John Stuart Clark populating it with – atIn 2013 the poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination. The agility of Hesketh's poetic voice channels moments of tenderness, suffering and humour, revealing dementia as a negotiation with language and silence. The Hard Word Box is an