Canny Minds Blog

Brixton Beach

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by Jenny.

For our August book of the Month, we have chosen, Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne.

A Picture of Britain

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by Jenny.

A new DVD of the month for August, A Picture of Britain.

Her Fearful Symmetry

Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by Jenny.

This month our book of the moment is ‘Her Fearful Symmetry’ from the author of ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’, Audrey Niffenegger.

Wisdom? It is just the brain slowing down

Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Jenny.

Want to know more about wisdom?…

June DVD of the month

Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Jenny.

June’s new DVD of the month is the new production from the BBC and Open University, ‘Eyewitness’, which challenges our asumed competence as witnesses in a fascinating investigative documentary

Museum of Life

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Jenny.

May’s viewing group film is ‘Museum of Life’, starring Jimmy Doherty.

IQ Test Experts

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Jenny.

Would you like to read more about training your brain and improving your IQ?…

The 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction winner has been announced with Barbara Kingsolver’s multi layered novel ‘The Lacuna’ the winning choice.

In her first novel for nine years, set in the post war Americas, Barbara Kingsolver follows the epic journey of Harrison William Shepherd, an ordinary man who attracts unwanted attention in the post war world [...]