Archive for the ‘Donkeys in literature’ Category

Donkeys on my doorstep - 11th June, 2010
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Anna Nicholas’s new book is a warm and intelligent account of expat life in Spain.      Review by Leah Hyslop.   By Leah Hyslop Published: 9:43AM BST 09 Jun 2010   Anna Nicholas with one of her books.  I can only imagine that when Anna Nicholas, the owner of a successful London PR agency, announced to [...]


Pageant of the Donkey at Pershore Abbey - 17th March, 2010
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A PAGEANT of the Donkey is taking place at Pershore Abbey this Sunday (21) when the role of the donkey in the life of Jesus will be acted out with local schoolchildren. The event, which gets underway at 3pm, will feature eight live donkeys in four tableaux, each acted out with children and with commentary [...]


Suffering donkeys - 14th March, 2009
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OPINION: Phillip Adams | March 14, 2009 (writing earlier in the piece about dogs in East Timor) Article from:  The Australian In my experience only one  other creature  endures comparable suffering – the Egyptian donkey. There are some 50 million donkeys around the planet. Leaving aside Australia’s ferals, most are in penal servitude in China, Pakistan, [...]


The Wisdom of Donkeys - 29th December, 2008
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Live life at a donkey’s pace Terry Peters, North Shore News Published: Friday, December 26, 2008 – The Wisdom of Donkeys, by Andy Merrifield, Greystone Books, 247 pages, $22.95. There are few other domesticated animals that we ever interact with who move as slowly as a donkey. They stubbornly stride through the world at their own [...]