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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former Stroud journalist publishes second novel in emotional trilogy
A RETIRED Stroud journalist has published her latest book. Carole Taylor's new book, Living Life Backwards, was published this week. This is the second book in a trilogy focusing on women who faced unmarried motherhood and adoption in the 1960s. The story continues to follow lifelong friends Juliet and June, known as the Two Js. It picks up their story 50 years on when Juliet's adopted daughter decides to search for her birth father. The book showcases the enduring power of friendship and is a reminder that love is an ageless and rejuvenating gift. Carole said: "This book is a hymn to passion in later life and is dedicated to those who fall in love in their seventies and beyond." Carole, who now lives in Gloucester, worked on a number of Gloucestershire newspapers during her 50-year career in journalism, including the Stroud News and Journal and the Gloucestershire Gazette, where she was news editor, and the Wilts and Glos Standard. The author picture for Living Life Backwards was taken by Gloucestershire photographer Paul Nicholls. Living Life Backwards: The continuing story of the Two Js is available to purchase now.
BBC News
11-02-2025
- BBC News
Headlines: Farmer protests and light festival crowds
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Farmers in Gloucestershire joined the national protests against changes in inheritance tax which will come into force in 2026. The Stroud News and Journal had a video of tractors driving through Live has spoken to one of the traders at this year's Bristol Light Festival who said crowds this year were much smaller compared to other events. Austin Ferrante told the website his turnover was a quarter of what he'd expect to Swindon Advertiser was sent a video of a car transporter lorry which crashed into a bridge just off the A419. The road was closed by police after the incident. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Wiltshire Police would like to speak to three men who could help in an investigation after a woman was assaulted in an alley off Rosebery Street, Broad Green in of shrubs and 175 trees are going to be planted in Swindon along Fleming Way. Swindon Borough Council says the plants are going to replace a grey metal fence which used to be in the central to a 14-year-old student from Worle Community School Academy, Imogen, who has been picked to represent England in the under 15s touch rugby team. Her headteacher said he was "over the moon" with Imogen's achievements.
