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Unravelling a Certain Word
June 29, 2024 | Blog
Unravelling a certain word My father used to have a particular expression when he felt that someone was misusing a word, an almost imperceptible twitch between his eyebrows and at the sides of his nose...
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The Banality of Petty Evils
March 10, 2024 | Blog
It was an almost ordinary Sunday afternoon in West London, warm for February, enough so that some shops had their doors propped open. Two young men were crouching beside one, shovelling boxed up jars of...
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In gratitude: Sajad Bhat
August 6, 2023 | Blog
When Sajad came to us at Healing Minds Foundation, he was a freshly minted young post-grad, straight out of Kashmir University. He was so quick to learn about the life of the mind when people...
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Last Word BBC Radio 4
September 21, 2022 | Blog
[audio mp3="https://www.justinehardy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bill-Turnbull-Anne-Sutton-Norah-Vincent-Drummie-Zeb.mp3"][/audio] Justine talks about Norah Vincent's life, work and death on BBC Radio 4's obituary programme 'Last Word'. The piece starts at 12:40 minutes into the programme:
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The Choice of How We Die
September 1, 2022 | Blog
Justine writes about the days spent with an important friends before her 'Voluntary Assisted Death' in Switzerland.https://www.theoldie.co.uk/article/the-final-countdown-justine-hardy The final countdown to death: Justine Hardy September 2022 View The Oldie Magazine The final countdown When Norah...
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Dust has now been published!
November 2, 2021 | News
Justine's new novel, Dust, is now available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback and Kindle and to mark the occasion the blog Women Writers Women's Books has published an interesting Q&A with her. You can see...
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Talking Desserts and the Divine
January 18, 2021 | News
Talking Desserts and the Divine 'What is your view on religion?' I was asked in an email from a very dear friend. We had been discussing the various merits of cakes, how best to eat...
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In the Valley of Mist a Book of the Day
August 7, 2020 | News
In the Valley of Mist a Book of the Day On their Facebook page, the Dayton Literary Peace Price selected Justine's In the Valley of Mist as its book of the day. The book was...
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Self Parenting as Lockdown Eases
July 15, 2020 | News
Self Parenting as Lockdown Eases Sometimes it is not so easy to adapt to the easing. New physical and psychological stressors are being kicked up with the constant shifts and changes. Justine looks at some...
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Self Parenting
July 15, 2020 | Blog
Self ParentingSometimes it is not so easy to adapt to the easing. New physical and psychological stressors are being kicked up with the constant shifts and changes. Justine looks at some of the most easily...
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Uncertainty
June 7, 2020 | Blog
UncertaintyUncertainty - a word that is everywhere, almost although it is in the air we breathe. But how do we live with it? Justine talks about this difficult balance here.
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Simple Sleep
May 23, 2020 | News
Simple Sleep Now that we are this far in to the long lockdown marathon, many are struggling with sleeplessness. This is about one simple way to ease into sleep. Justine's new video is here: https://www.justinehardy.com/blogpost/simple-sleep/
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