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Continue reading →: Things to do in Bury
Visited 12th september 2025. Here is the holiest place in Bury town centre just a short walk from the station and you have different take aways including dixy chicken near there and pubs, a theatre on the other side the art gallery and museum, and war memorial, health care some…
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Continue reading →: The change
How i chose independent publishing over vanity press and countless rejections. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+change+lin+zainab&crid=3NRK99ODCFQRA&sprefix=the+change+lin+zainab+%2Caps%2C2004&ref=nb_sb_noss So i finished writing this book last year in 2024, emailed countless literary agent in the uk and all of them rejected me, then i said hold on i am the author and writer, this is my book,…
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Continue reading →: Sheila chisholm: would have loved a good 130 birthday party
Fashion, history, art and literature archive. So yesterday i have been blabbering on about my success story, but yesterday was also 09th september 2025 where Australian socialite Sheila Chisholm turned 130 years old. Now i first learned again about Sheila chisholm last year only briefly when daily mail journalist Christopher…
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Continue reading →: The Australian princess
(Photo credited by Image Contributor David Hartley/Shutterstock) Her voice is as soft as a melody, like a hummingbird.The words that speak facts never lie, lies are what each human speaks. But the Australian princess with her infectious stingA sting that leaves a markShe forever be the queen of my heartA…
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Continue reading →: Not Friends, Just Headlines
by Alina shaukat (lin zainab) – critiquing sensationalized headlines regarding a so called more hypothetical friendship between my number 1 favourite fashion designer and Lady Diana Spencer. (Photo credited by Tim Graham) It has come to my attention after careful research that many believe the tabloids yet many tabloids especially…
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Continue reading →: The dangers of celebrity worship and how to overcome it
By Alina Zainab Shaukat (Lin Zainab) Over last week whilst attending different workshops around Blackburn with Darwen town centre, Museum and market i have also been doing research on Celebrity worship, because lets face it is a real issue, whilst scrolling on any type of social media i see many…
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Continue reading →: Summer with Strawberry Waves
A Week of Colour, Craft, and Connection on Saturday 9th august 2025 i first went to the Blackburn museum and art gallery, for a short embroidery worsk shop with Sana Maulvi, where i embroidered a butterfly on pink fabric, now getting the hang of it and becoming more social, socialite…
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Continue reading →: Lady Dale Tryon and crafting for cancer
Lin zainab (Alina Zainab Shaukat) Artist’s Statement This portrait was created in loving tribute to Dale Elizabeth Harper Tryon—my Australian muse, fashion icon, and emotional companion. I dressed her in a pink blazer and pencil skirt to reflect her elegance, softness, and strength. Using artist’s pencils, shading, and pastel layers,…
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Continue reading →: Hear Us Heroes -Shape of Her Legacy
An arts and crafts mini zine morning at blackburn, lancashire market So today ont he 30th July 2025 i first went to geek retreat in blackburn Lancashire however the writing group there wasn’t for me maybe my mother with either me or my sisters sitting there with her at geek…
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Continue reading →: Pressed in Ink, Held in Memory
She once carried the secrets of everyone else.But when she shattered, their silence was louder than their praise.I pressed her in ink so she would never be forgotten. Pressed between horsehair and heartbreak,She waits in a stitched saddle of silence.Once confided in, now erased—I sketched her into sanctuary,So no child…
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