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Carla Carlisle on Christopher Hitchens
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 - Admitting she’d never met Christopher Hitchens, Carla goes on to say how their lives were entwined by similar, and yet very different, journeys | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle visits the Courtauld Gallery
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 - A visit to the Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House is a perfect antidote to blockbuster exhibitions elsewhere in London, says Carla | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle remembers Christopher Lloyd
Thursday, 05 January 2012 - In the lull between Christmas and New Year Carla fires up Iplayer and listens to her old friend Christopher Lloyd on Desert Island Disks | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on Christmas rituals
Friday, 16 December 2011 - Reading Christmas with the Savages is one of the rituals Carla performs each Christmas | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on The Help
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 - Reading The Help reminded Carla of her own nascent work of fiction addressing the same issues, and the complexity of retelling stories from that time | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on Christmas presents
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 - Being able to receive can be as important, further down the line, as being able to give, thinks Carla as she plans her Christmas presents | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on Downton Abbey
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 - Having adopted a habit of reading through the breaks in Downton Abbey, Carla discovers an author she had previously struggled to love | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on protests at St Pauls
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 - Despite her history or activism, against the Vietnam War and war in Iraq, Carla sees no hint of informed protest in the camp outside St Pauls | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on overpopulation
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 - As the seven billionth child is welcomed onto earth, Carla considers whether the planet has the kind of resources required to support this growing population | Read Full Story
Carla Carlisle on the pursuit of happiness
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 - Reminded by a friend that she has taken rather to complaining about things close to home and far away, Carla resolves to start working on her happiness | Read Full Story
