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Friday Book Review – A Chance to Sit Down

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Friday 4th April 2014

One of the best things about writing a blog is that you can bend the rules. They’re your own rules, after all. So even though my Friday Book Review usually focuses on newly published titles , this week I’ve decided to do something completely different and feature one of my favourite novels. Sadly – and I have no idea why – A Chance to Sit Down by Meredith Daneman is ...keep reading

The ballet star from Widnes

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Sunday 14th April 2013

It’s four years since Daniel Dolan won a place at Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy. He was just 16 but in the intervening years the boy from Widnes has gone from strength to strength. He has learned to speak fluent Russian and worked his socks off to perfect his technique at the Bolshoi, generally regarded as having the toughest training programme for male ballet dancers. But all the hard work has ...keep reading