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January 2021 Broadcast


 



MARTINA NICOLLS - NEWS AND UPDATES FOR JANUARY 2021

Hello and Happy New Year,

The previous year, 2020, was a year of difficulty for many. I'm so grateful for my family and friends that made last year bearable. We connected more, and that was good. We had to think of new ways to do old things, and return to old ways to do new things. We had to be creative and innovative, and resilient and often resolved to the circumstances, while we waited for them to pass - and they will. 

I wish everyone a healthy and happy year ahead with a new start for the future.

Regards, Martina

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PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO 
​Many thanks to all who purchased merchandise on my photography site. Popular purchases included Rodin's The Thinker; Pygmy Hippopotamus (one of my favourites); and Escargot (snails). The hippo and snails are below.

More photographs and merchandise are available HERE. 
Here's my new photo of Light over Darkness and merchandise for sale.​

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Here's the cute Pygmy Hippopotamus and merchandise for sale.​

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Here's the Escargot photo and merchandise for sale.​

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PARIS BLOGS ON MY WEBSITE: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE 
​Here are two recent blogs on my website: The Paris Residences of James Joyce. 
​Read blog: Paris: a well-connected city

​Read blog: Pantheonized in the Paris Pantheon

WIN A HARDCOVER COPY OF THE BOOK: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE - ENTER HERE

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This Paris photograph and merchandise of the river Seine and the Eiffel Tower can be viewed and purchased HERE.​

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This Paris photograph and merchandise of a Parisian sign can be viewed and purchased HERE.​

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MY WEBSITE: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
​I'm continuing my animal blog, Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom, despite not being able to roam as much as I used to, due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. And I continue taking photographs - I took the photo of the Nubian Woodpecker (below) in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Thank you to the many children who tell me how much they are learning, and thanks for sharing your photographs with me. Your parents like the information too! Here are some readers' favourites (and mine). Website: Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom.​

​Read article: RESEARCH: Animals have played an important health role during the COVID-19 pandemic
​Read article: Why do woodpeckers peck?

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POPULAR BOOK REVIEWS
​On my blog site, Feast or Famine, I include book reviews. One of my friends wrote that she is now reading The Overstory by Richard Powers after seeing my review in my November 2020 Broadcast. Good choice Pam. It's a wonderful story about trees. I'm looking back five years to 2015 and the book review with the most views was about Lyn Coffin's new translation of the brilliant Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli's The Knight in the Panther Skin. My favourite book in 2015 was a short story by Napoleon Bonaparte (yes, he was a great writer) called Clisson and Eugenie. Both works of literature - one an epic poem and the other an 18-page novella - are great love stories. Website: Feast or Famine. ​

​Read book review: The Knight in the Panther Skin by Shota Rustaveli

​Read book review: Clisson and Eugenie by Napoleon Bonaparte

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POPULAR BLOG POSTS​
On my blog site, Feast or Famine, I write about a range of experiences. One of the most popular posts in 2020 was one that I wrote in October 2019 about the terrific art exhibition by Georgian artist Sophia Cherkezishvili called Being on the Mind of Caucasus Mountains. Website: Feast or Famine. ​

​Read blog: Being on the Mind of Caucasus Mountains: Sophia Cherkezishvili 

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS​
Here's another throwback to 2015 - a winter wonderland.

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THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE ​
My latest book, The Paris Residences of James Joyce, was released on 1 May 2020.

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