Singer and songwriter Kathryn Keats shares an ode to her father, journalist John Munger. Keats also includes a poem written by John Munger about his experience of the Second World War, during which he served in the US Army, intercepting and translating Japanese coded communications into English.
Regular readers will remember Kathryn Keats, the singer and songwriter who penned some guest contributions for us about her experiences being held captive and spending years in a victim witness protection program, unable to perform her music in public. Now she’s released the first of her new singles, and you can download a free musical collage of more pieces from her new CD right here.
In advance of World Mental Health Day in October, the Mental Health Foundation wants to know what goes on in your kitchen and how you feel about mealtimes. Take part in the charity’s survey about food preparation and mealtimes, and you could win food vouchers to the tune of 50 pounds.
Close social networks are shrinking in size, while the number of people reporting that they have no one with whom to discuss important personal matters has tripled. The number of non-kin confidants is decreasing most rapidly of all, with fewer close contacts through voluntary associations and neighbourhoods. These results come from a new study which reveals startling and dramatic changes in American social networks over the last two decades.
Held captive for 54 days by a partner later diagnosed with schizophrenia, she spent years in hiding with the US government’s victim witness program. Here, in the second excerpt from her forthcoming book ‘The Ascension’, singer and composer Kathryn Keats reflects on her recovery from the ordeal and on how it feels to have changed her identity.
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