This week’s poem is another romantic one and has been recommended by Dan Thompson from Direct Workforce. Dan writes “This is my favourite, romantic poem. The idea of something as mundane as doing the washing up bringing back memoires of a perfect romantic day has always stayed with me since I first read this at [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Have Your Say’
April 17, 2009
Poem of the Week
This week’s poem has been suggested by Ashleigh Hayden in Bibby Factors International in Banbury. Ashleigh writes “I grew up in Zimbabwe. We read a lot of Roald Dahl, Rudyard Kipling and Dr Seuss at school. I have met very few people who have heard of Dr Seuss, so can I suggest his poem Green [...]
March 6, 2009
Poem of the Week
This week’s poem has been written by Mark Dickson, from Bibby Financial Services in Hastings, and was submitted by his colleague Jon Charsley. Through chatting about the Poem of the Week emails, Jon and Mark discovered a shared interest in poetry. I was delighted to hear about this; ideally these poems should not just get [...]
March 5, 2009
Happy World Book Day from Bibby Line Group!
Last week I asked what book you are currently reading and which book is your all-time favourite. I had some interesting and varied responses from people working across the company. Feel free to let me know what you’re currently reading!
I’m currently reading….
“Marley and Me by John Grogan. It’s very emotional, I first read I [...]
February 20, 2009
Poem of the Week
This week’s Poem has been suggested by Will Hall from BFS in Manchester. Will writes “This poem is by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, and is about a boy who eats himself. I’d dedicate this to Lauren Dolezel of the BFS Manchester office, who has made numerous comments this week as to how she [...]
February 4, 2009
Featured Book: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Mark Connors from Bibby Line Group in Liverpool writes to recommend The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
The Kite Runner tells the tale of twelve-year-old Amir, who is desperate to gain the approval of his father by winning the local kite-flying tournament. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him – for he always helps [...]
January 23, 2009
Poem of the Week
This week’s poem – one of my all-time favourites – has been recommended by Sean Michael French from Bibby Distribution in Yeadon, Leeds. Sean writes: “This poem has seen me through good times and bad. If I am ever in a reflective mood I always turn to the words and remind myself that I am [...]
January 22, 2009
COSMIC!
Last Wednesday, as part of the Community Programme Awareness Day at Bibby Line Group H.O, a dozen or so employees gathered enthusiastically to await the arrival of Liverpool writer Frank Cottrell Boyce. Whilst we all enjoyed tea, cream-filled scones and strawberries (kindly provided by Michael Bibby), Frank read from his latest novel Cosmic: this was [...]
January 22, 2009
Chinese whispers
Bob Holcroft is a regular attendee of the Get Into Reading group in Liverpool Head Office. He is currently on a business trip in China. One of his colleagues there is friends with a Chinese poet, Yu Bing, who has had a book of her poems published. Yu Bing has kindly allowed one of her [...]
January 16, 2009
Tell Us A Story: Last Day!
The writer Francis Spufford once said ‘We have story-shaped brains’. Something that has really struck me throughout my time with Bibby Line Group is how eagerly and enthusiastically people share their own life stories. This is often in relation to a text we’re discussing in a reading group, and sometimes just spontaneously.
In light of [...]
