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Edmund de Waal’s grandmother, Elisabeth, aspires to be a poet. She is a young woman studying for a law degree in 1920s Vienna; she enters a dramatic correspondence with one of the totemic writers of the age, Rainer Maria Rilke. She is young, ambitious, uncertain; he is greatly revered. She dares to share her work, and he gives her encouragement and advice. They exchange letters for the five years until his death, alongside books, translations, poems in manuscript. Decades later when her grandson starts to write, it is Elisabeth’s turn to act as mentor, to take this young man seriously and to write him letters of encouragement. And most importantly, to introduce him to the poetry of Rilke. This work follows Edmund’s creative journey, from apprentice potter, familiar with failure, to a successful life as an artist.
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Meet 47 scientists who are changing our world. Discover how they are answering some of the world’s biggest questions and how you can join them.
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We used to go to work to learn to do the job. Now learning IS the job. Whatever your career, staying relevant and adaptable is essential to your success. And your unexpected role model for learning at work? A lobster. In ‘Learn Like a Lobster’, Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis explore the unexpected parallels between lobsters and lifelong learning.
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The internet and our phones mean we can work wherever, whenever and allow us to design our own working lives. Here, Emma Gannon teaches that it doesn’t matter if you’re a part-time PA with a blog, or a physio who runs an online jewellery store in the evenings – whatever your ratio, whatever your mixture, we can all channel the entrepreneurial spirit. Today, the stigma of being a jack of all trades is being dispelled and having more strings to your bow is essential to getting ahead in the modern working world and Emma Gannon’s book is the ultimate guide in helping us navigate our way towards success.
