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  • Happy new year 2026 and First book review of 2026 Adam power’s the Princess Diana conspiracy the evidence of murder and Jeffery Archer Next in line.

    Alina Zainab

    By Alina Shaukat (Lin zainab).

    Happy new year 2026 everyone to my fellow butterfly readers, i haven’t done most of these for along time i’ve been attending my first fashion show well with a folklore show, a new culture i learned, a new language. Also with losi g my mother but here i am my first booker reviews is a joined one.

    Yesterday i was just browsing the Blackburn central library, returning old books and burrowing new ones.I saw Adam Power’s investigative The princess Diana conspiracy the evidence of murder. But back then i didn’t feel ready to skim read through the book, but this week i had to burrow it. Also i was looking at burrowing a Jeffery Archer book, i burrowed next in line which i once read, but no harm in reading again, because you are not the same when you read again. This is true, because now i realised their is this connection between Archer’s next line, a fictional crime story regarding the then princess of wales and Power’s investigative book about Diana’s death.

    As i started reading Power’s book The princess Diana’s conspiracy, the line in the prologue already wants to convince the reader that Diana was killed in car accident. Not all car accident’s are murder they’re tragic and traumatic, but some are accident, Daina’s was always a talk of conspiracy, and with Diana’s leaked letter about her ex husband and his mistress were out to kill her. Diana has been suffering from mental health illnesses and this was paranoia.

    But this is not convincing, Power, however, did write about the paparazzi’s and of course did interviewed witnesses who witnessed the whole scene. on page 158, Power (2013)states that Henri Paul was goading, so provoking the paparazzi outside the ritz hotel on that same evening. “they could have given specific against the assassin but to late and people could easily prove that the paparazzi’s had nothing to do with the attack.” If this is true then this explains why people blame the royal family, King Charles and queen Camilla, but they are two down to earth and humble people, they wouldn’t plan a car accident, they had their own worries, beside his majesty had the custody over their sons William and Harry who were teenagers.

    Of course i only will give Adam Power one star for investigative research, but no this book sounds more sensational, rather then truth. Information many wanted to know and read,but why such a book. Again probably because Diana was one of the well known and famous and most moruned person. It happens a lot with celebrities, like Amy Wine house who died of alcohol poisoning but people question her fathers motives. Marylin Monroe, and so many other famous people.

    Now to why i felt this connection between Adam Power’s non fiction investigative research book and Jeffery Archer’s Next in line fictional crime novel. I Because Next in line story setting and plot is based around the royal family and on Diana the princess of wales learning the well researched information on royal protection officer.

    So i rate these two books one star only for their hard work and research, but if you are a Diana fan or fan of crime novels Jeffery Archer then yes you could read them.

  • The dangers of celebrity worship and how to overcome it

    Alina Zainab

    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 fan pages of famous, popular celebrities, whilst some whom i follow and interact with are cute, adorable and sweet, some of them i have noticed are extreme celebrity worship, to the point here they have to film little bits of there favoured celebrities, make up a parasocial and hypothetical friendship or romantic relationship. which is the third and extreme stage of celebrity worship according to McCutcheon, Lange, and Houran in 2002. who made a scale with

    1. Entertainment social – Where the fan/follower just engages with other fan/followers over a favoured celebrity they may create beautiful post and video/edits.
    2. Intense -personal – where fan/follower starts to feel a personal connection to the celebrity.
    3. Borderline–Pathological: obsessive, identity-fused attachment – where the fan’/follower starts to feel entitled to the celebrity and claiming them theirs.

    Mccutcheon and Maltby examined over 200 adults from the US and UK and have found that celebrity worshippers where foolish, persistent and submissive and even less honest.

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    Someone famous and successful can make others feel seen and heard even if they have regular life’s. the article goes on to read that people obsess over a celebrity as they resonate with a certain character of a favoured celebrity.

    Psychology today actually has a quiz https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/tests/personality/celebrity-obsession-test

    this way it can give you a rounded number of where you are on celebrity worship scale, but to prevent one for falling to deep into obsession of a celebrity. It gives practical, therapeutic advise like drawing/sketching or painting using mixed media for a portrait of a favoured celebrity. create bookmarks, zine pages and books mini, midi, large or simple A4 landscape or portrait book stories, poems and song writing. Create something if you have a garden that reminds you of your favourite celebrity. I am not a sculptor but i know some wonderful sculptors, also research what charity your favoured celebrity follows or helps out and find the charity and see how you can get involved in the community.

    Also the third and final step do go seek therapy which is another way and also often the first step to connecting with the real worlds. i know so many celebrities have Ariana Grande, selena Gomez, Demi levato, miley ray cyrus, Dua Lipa, Dove Cameron have all been open about their mental health and seeking therapy so why should non celeb not seek therapy, therapy is for everyone wether famous or not.

    Newport academy states girls between ages 14 to 16 with low/poor body image who show intense personal levels of a celebrity is evident.

    A personal example from myself i as a teenager had a very low and poor body image i hated the way i look, the way i talked even though people found my voice cute, it was all about my outer beauty, that i didn’t appreciate until my early twenties. where i started experimenting with different skin care, hair care and make up products and finding my style. but i started love myself, date myself take myself out on dinner dates and bought myself flowers well not exactly flowers but to the movies or cinemas as we say in the UK, retail therapy as i love and always have loved fashion.

    Also i was a teenager in the 2010s i did feel a little left out that i didn’t have a smart phone but that is the good thing, i felt like a teenager in the swinging sixties no mobile/smart phines, no social media and i’m glad i didn’t watch reality tv shows like dress to impress, dinner date, love island any of them or the real house wives.

    I am glad i watched cartoon instead like loud house for comedic and laughter, My little pony friendship is magic came out in 2010 and before that as child in the 2000s i watched the old my little pony from the 1980s, winxclub, and i love anime still do. This saved me from falling deeply into that celebrity worship. Lets face it last time i got myself a woman weekly magazine it talked about those weight loss jabs but before that was apage of famous celebrities who looked way skinnier then there usual weight. Weather they had weight loss jabs or surgery is there choice not mine. This only teaches us not to follow a trend and become a trendsetter, create your own trends. I see so many people doing this trend and bless them as they think they are following who they are but they say in a world full of kardashians be this certain celebrity, no in a world full of celebrities including the kardashians be yourself and i praise those who comment be yourself under these post.

    Many books and articles and J. Reid Meloy in his book stalking, threatening and attacking public figures in page 277 compulsive buying an object used or favoured by the favoured celebrity. Doing something against the law for the celebrity which is often associated with stalking or threatening the public figure.

    Michael S. Levy (2015). in his book entertainment obsession: understanding our addiction in page 50, so many people struggle with their life’s and self esteem, whether it started in childhood as their parents never mirrored and praised their accomplishments.

    As adult it is a result of job loss or finance, rejection by a spouse, friend, friendship group or jobs.

    This is my research on celebrity worship, i came across this as i just typed in fanpages on TikTok search bar and few therapist and life coaches discussed about celebrity worship, this interested me as i know i had poor body image as a teenager and people calling me a loner when they never knew me was frustrating, but i’m also glad i didn’t know much about celebrities.

    However, i have to delete videos i edited on camilla as most of them where ridiculous, i’m no camilla or camilla fan page i respect and admire her, she is a human with flaws has been pitted against women which people should stop, i do followed the queens reading room as a writer and reader myself.

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  • Invisible child

    Alina Zainab

    You might see this in a book shop, americans and and canadians probably Barnes and nobles, or if you’re not like me a fan of online shopping the link to amazon is attached at the beginning, however , if you’re like me ns when buying books you’re helping the environment where i brought the modern, royal cookbook by Tom Parker Bowles on awesome books. Awesome books where when you buy books you’re donating to a charity. https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781665597067/invisible-child

    Now when you read my book, you might think what inspired me to write this book? Well During my childhood age 7 to 20 i didn’t have a great time i was bullied at age seven about being different, because they heard i came from Germany, I do not know what got through their heads but many of my classmates told me to go back to Germany we don’t want naziz’s or go back to my nazis friends.

    The boys were brutal, pinching and punching me, kicking me underneath the table that it left bruises on my legs and hips, somewhere where i have always been stiff due to me suffering from arthritic pain from a young age. Dancing and gymnastics where always my biggest strength and hobby of mine.

    Anyway taking you back to what my classmates a lot of people in school did to me, few girls calling me ugly, fatty fat, full moon, smelly, whilst i told you the boys where a lot more physical. Even poking me with sharp pencils again leaving marks, when i go to highschool all that stopped just dealt with natural teenage drama, i even felt a little heard i made three close friends to which i talked to today.

    But when it comes to friends my father saw i spend most of my time at home reading books from school and school library or the public, local library books were definitely my first best friends they brought a sense of comfort in times so tough, where i was bullied. Becoming a school librarian in year 10 and year 11 also a prefect in year 11 brought out more confidence. For once, slowly, slowly i was seen in school, however, i was feeling a sense of invisibility still. Whenever i went to public events my sisters would still talk for me. I was never the popular one in school, the popular girl. If i was ever a mean girl to anyone please forgive me i was very insecure their and that’s it when you’re feeling insecure.

    People who feel insecure of themselves tend to often be mean to others who are embracing their inner beauty and just being themselves. I am not sure if its what my auntie, my father’s only living sister felt , i cannot speak for her but her bullying me about my weight show how insecure she was about her own body. Her daughters probably looked up to her because she was there mother like i look up to my mother and paternal grandmother.

    Again i am not in contact with the LGBTQIA charity but they have my support anytime, my auntie was brought up with my grandfather, a strict religious, islamic muslim father, who doesn’t believe in a same sex relationship and marriage. Since i have a more of a fair skinned, european voice when i try to read or speak Urdu or Punjabi, which i have received many compliments on how cute i sound. But my auntie took advantage of that and would often whenever i sat next to her she first when others are looking tickle me and pretend she was playing with me, but i knew i was fifteen years old turning sixteen still a child but there was always some uncomfortable feeling.

    When we where alone, she would first tickle me as always the neck first and then down where i never really liked to be touched. She would squeeze my hand, kiss it and when i needed to go to the toilet that’s the only thing she let me go. But she would always tickle me or touch me between my thighs or stroke me where she shouldn’t be touching.

    Whether you been bullied, sexully abused or like one of the characters in forced marriage domestic abuse, or been with a friend who never values you as a friend.

    Invisible Child

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