The rites and rings of saying 'I do.' (creating an alternative marriage)

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The popularity of marriage continues to decline in the UK, with only 299,000 couples marrying in 1993, the lowest level for 40 years. Many people object to register office weddings, finding them to impersonal, while others find church weddings old-fashioned and sexist. For couples who still choose to get married, an alternative wedding is coming increasingly to be seen as a possibility. Some decide to hire a stately hall, while others use their own home. Many couples also decide to write their own wedding ceremony.

Planning, Weddings

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'I like the free-flowing creative chaos you get from being black,' says the urban crime writer feted by white America. 'I don't write to change the world.' (Walter Mosley)(Interview)

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Crime writer Walter Mosley is currently the most popular black author in the US, with his work having been praised even by president Bill Clinton. He has written five novels, each of which focuses on a black man in poor living conditions and on issues such as death, love and infidelity. The character of Easy Rawlins, a detective, gives the books continuity. Mosley is pleased to be black, believing that he benefits from being part of a group of people in search of an identity.

Interview, Authorship, Detective and mystery stories, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, Mosley, Walter (American novelist)

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Prisoners who free each other from despair

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Swansea Prison was the first British prison to introduce the Listeners scheme, in Aug 1991, after four prisoners committed suicide in two years. 'Listeners' are volunteer prisoners trained by the Samaritans to counsel depressed and suicidal fellow-inmates. Communication between prison officers and prisoners improved because of the Listeners. Swansea organised a road show which attracted 101 prisons and may result in the creation of similar schemes.

United Kingdom, Samaritans, Suicide, Correctional institutions

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