The British Council in Partnership with FirstBank Announces Lagos Theatre Festival 2016

The British Council has, for three years, been working on a theatre programme to stimulate innovation in theatre practice in Nigeria. The council sought to offer opportunities for professional exchange between Nigerian and British theatre makers and this birthed the Lagos Theatre Festival in 2012.

 This year, Lagos Theatre Festival returns bigger and better than ever as part of UK/Nigeria 2015 –16; a major season of arts in Nigeria aimed at building new audiences, creating new collaborations and strengthening relationships between the UK and Nigeria. First Bank of Nigeria Limited is a major promoter of the British Council Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 as part of its First@arts initiative.

Why you should read a book a day by Tai Lopez

Is reading one of your new years resolution for 2016? if your answer is yes, then Tai Lopez's speech at the TED x talk event in 2015 on why you should read a book a day might inspire you.

In this talk, Tai Lopez reminds us how reading can help us learn and get inspired to do or become whoever you want to be in life.

 

Watch Tai rules of mentorship and how you can live the good life.



  

Enjoy!

Happy New Year from Mya's Thought Literary Blog

Happy New Year everyone, as the new year begins my wish for the readers of this blog is prosperity, success and all round favor in all your endeavors in the year 2016. 

Don't forget 'If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!' So don't forget to start planning for 2016!

Chimamanda's 'We Should All Be Feminists' novel to be given to all second grade high school students in Sweden

A Swedish translation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists titled Alla Borde Vara Feminister has been published by Albert Bonniers Förlag.

The book was launched at Norra Real secondary school in Stockholm, where it was also announced that each second grade high school student in Sweden (16 year olds) will receive a copy.

Top tips on how to get more excitement into your life!

Did you know that to get the relationship you want, how the other person will make you feel is more important than how the person looks? Or that being a single woman in your thirties and resident in the urban cauldron that is Lagos doesn’t have to come with #desperate?

Well, whether you think you know or not, get ready to learn a few things, people, because award-winning author and lifestyle blogger, Lape Soetan is revealing it all in her newest e-books, 7 Steps to Meeting the One and How to be a Single Woman in your 30s in Lagos.

Do you want to know how to understand your woman better, then watch this week's episode of Aderonke's Love Chest

Hello everyone,

Here is yet another episode of the Love Chest TV focused on how men can understand their women better.

On this episode Aderonke wants to help the gentlemen out! Many times, guys complain that women are too complicated but Aderonke thinks women are just misunderstood and so she shares some things every man (married or single) needs to know about women. 

Enjoy!

On this week's episode of the Love Chest TV, Aderonke explains why ladies should stop thinking about their wedding day alone - WATCH

Hello everyone,

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Love Chest TV. Today's topic is focused on a subject that most females are guilty of which is thinking about their wedding day.

Every lady dreams of her wedding day and how special the day will be which is great but, it is also very important to bear in mind that, the day itself should never be bigger than the future that will follow it.

Watch Aderonke Adebanjo's suggestions on why you should stop stressing about your wedding and what you should be thinking about.

Enjoy!

How never to be without a book

By Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade 

American comedian and film star, Groucho Marx is rumoured to have said, “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend.Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read”, but he obviously never read a book on his smartphone.

You have probably heard that sales of ebooks are rapidly gaining on paper books. But did you know that an increasing number of people are reading ebooks not just on special ebook readers or even tablet computers, but also on their smartphones? For many, having smartphones mean never being more than a few feet from the latest page-turner.

Winner of 2015 Man Booker prize announced

On Tuesday the 13th of October 2015, Marlon James a Jamaican writer was awarded the overall prize and winner of the 2015 Man Booker which comes with a cash prize of £50,000.

 

The Guardian UK reports that Marlon will be honored with a special postmark from the Royal Mail which will be applied to millions of letters around the UK.

This weeks episode of the Love Chest TV with Aderonke Adebanjo is for the gentlemen - Watch!

Hello everyone,

This weeks episode of the Love Chest TV is here and it's for the gentlemen on how to ask a lady on a date.

Is there a lady you admire and don't know how to ask her on a date, or she's never forthcoming whenever to attempt asking her out? Watch Aderonke Adebanjo's suggestions on what to keep in mind when you want to ask a lady on a date.

Enjoy!

How to ask a lady on a date