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Spring Fever
March 17, 2020
We are hunkering down in central London and had been venturing out to a few (small) meetings, but as of tomorrow, this will be stopping completely for a while. It’s certainly a very surreal time. We’v…
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‘Modest Fashion’ Is An Emotive Phrase
February 3, 2020
This is our first blog post of the new year and it’s already February 3rd, Brexit ‘has happened’ and we’ve had a national press article by the author of our first non-fiction book, Modesty: A Fashion…
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Happy Holidays And A Wonderful New Year!
December 24, 2019
Wishing everyone a peaceful, blessed and magical holiday – wherever you are in the world! And the warmest and best of wishes in 2020 for all of us living on this beautiful pale blue dot suspended in a…
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Marketing Mode and Nike’s High-Tech Modest Swim Wear
December 10, 2019
We’ve been trying to figure out what are the best marketing and publicity tactics – what will actually make people press the buy button and, importantly, which ones are the most cost-effective. Withou…
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Fugit Inreparabile Tempus
December 3, 2019
We were dismayed by the tragedy that unfolded on London Bridge and the senseless death of two beautiful souled young people who lost their lives while trying to help rehabilitate prisoners back into s…
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Blog Tours And Giveaways – And A Plea To Everyone To Wear Bright Colours In Dreary Autumn Weather!
November 13, 2019
In grey London autumn weather, we are always surprised that everyone contributes to the dreariness by wearing dark blue, black and brown coats. Today on the tube we saw only two people who had brightl…
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I don’t know that I’ve read a more moving piece of postwar German fiction…
November 5, 2019
We are almost done slotting into Casemate’s distribution infrastructure bar a few last-minute tasks, books are moving to new warehouses and we are relishing engaging with the UK and US teams. We noted…
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Fires In California, UK Radio Interviews And The Rise Of The AfD In Thuringia
October 27, 2019
As wind speeds from 30 to 40 miles per hour and gusts of 60 to 80 miles per hour are forecasted, up to 2.3m people will have their power cut off in California as a precautionary measure and at the las…
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We love to read more about the topics our authors write about or just explore interesting news items! Here are some things that have caught our eye recently.
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Catalca: The Town in Turkey Where They Speak Greek
Prior to the 1923 exchange, Orthodox Greeks and Muslim Turks used to live peacefully together in Catalca. After the exchange, Muslim people from Grevena, Lagadas, Kilkis, Drama and other cities and towns of Macedonia settled in the residential areas of Çatalca, replacing the Greeks who had to abandon their homes.
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Contemporary Muslim Fashions | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Feb 2020
Contemporary Muslim Fashions | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Feb 2020
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Author shares the clever ways to make your high street clothes ‘modest’ | Daily Mail Online
Author shares the clever ways to make your high street clothes 'modest' | Daily Mail Online
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‘Modest Fashion’ makes its mark in NY Fashion Week
‘Modest Fashion’ makes its mark in NY Fashion Week
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The refugee ‘crisis’ showed Europe’s worst side to the world | Hsiao-Hung Pai | Opinion | The Guardian
Over the last decade, migration has become an urgent political issue.
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13 Remarkable Health Benefits of Getting Outdoors
13 Remarkable Health Benefits of Getting Outdoors | TripOutside.com
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Europe’s other wall: How militarised barrier continues to divide Cyprus, 30 years after Berlin’s came down
Europe’s other wall: How militarised barrier continues to divide Cyprus, 30 years after Berlin’s came down | The Independent
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Modest fashion: ‘I feel confident and comfortable’ – BBC News
'If you haven't heard of the term it's all about covering up in a way that is still on trend. Dressing modestly but fashionably is already popular with young Muslim women but it's not exclusive to people of any one religion or belief.
And right now it's having a moment.'
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