Ukraine Dispatch 8 | A Moment

Ukraine Dispatches

Volume 1 7 March 2022

From Rita in Koblenz, Germany, this image and caption arrived, in German, on Sunday.

Two teenagers are sitting on a staircase, smiling at each other,
both holding a drink,
a candle is burning in the middle.

At first glance it looks like a romantic date between two lovers.

But the date takes place in Ukraine,
more precisely in Kyiv
on the steps of an air raid shelter
in the middle of the war.

R.S.

7 March 2022
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Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.

He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.

Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.

In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.