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Mark's battle to secure a public enquiry into the Infected Blood Scandal—which is finally due to report in May—has led him to places he never expected, and to meet people he never dreamt of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mark is a survivor, literally, of the HIV visited upon him through contaminated blood, but rather than merely revelling in the simple fact of life, he has heroically dedicated himself to ensuring life remains possible for others.'—Sam Stein KC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis forthright (and fabulous) memoir, recounts the journey of an unlikely lad from Letchworth who grows up to be a renowned and respected rights campaigner. With foreword by Sam Stein KC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher Justin David says, 'Ward's story is testimony to our capacity to overcome adversity. Through recounting his own harrowing experiences—as a haemophiliac tainted by the tragic legacy of contaminated blood—he sheds light on the plight of others affected by this injustice, igniting a powerful call for compassion, and compensation. Bleeding Fabulous is not just a memoir; it's a testament to the indomitable strength of the human heart.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309240791413,"sku":"9781912620333","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781912620333_836a870d-e194-4b0c-8398-cb2b7894db54.jpg?v=1786030798"},{"product_id":"9780241707876","title":"RSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 100k copies sold*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirdwatching is among the most popular hobbies in Britain and can be done on your doorstep.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch\u003c\/i\u003e contains expert advice on creating a bird-friendly environment by providing water, food, and nesting sites. It also reveals essential tips on observing birds, including the basic equipment needed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this bird book, you will find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe top 40 British garden birds, each illustrated with photography, which makes identification easy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical projects like making and siting a nest box and how to design a bird-friendly garden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation about plants to attract particular species and seasonal changes in bird behaviour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA helpful size-comparison gallery for the species profiled in the book to make identification easy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRSPB Pocket Garden Birdwatch\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect for novice birdwatchers or families getting involved in birdwatching together. It will also help you join the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch event, which monitors trends and tracks how each species is doing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*100k copies sold (December 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367869100405,"sku":"9780241707876","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241707876_fb46afe7-06e5-41ef-ad0d-03fa86a47084.jpg?v=1786033209"},{"product_id":"9781915628442","title":"Masters","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom John Singer Sargent to Francis Bacon and Keith Haring - covering romantic landscapes and surreal portraits - \u003cem\u003eMasters\u003c\/em\u003e curates a gallery of writing in response to paintings by queer men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Ward’s voice inks that of the artist, the subject, and the viewer across poems exploring desire, grief, shame, defiance and surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender and daring, \u003cem\u003eMasters\u003c\/em\u003e goes in search of a shared queer male history across the past century, and invites us to look more deeply at the worlds beneath and beyond the brushstrokes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420123967861,"sku":"9781915628442","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"authorized","title":"Authorized","description":"The King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? The KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years--and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In Authorized Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God's word. In their introduction to the King James Bible, the translators tell us that Christians must \"heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue.\" In Authorized Mark Ward builds a case for the KJV translators' view that English Bible translations should be readable by what they called \"the very vulgar\" and what we would call \"the man on the street.\"","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487845654901,"sku":"9781683590552","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781683590552.jpg?v=1786355069"},{"product_id":"real-estate","title":"Real Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Mark Ward’s confident second collection, Real Estate, we are mired in uncertainty, surrounded by dreams that are both instructions and warnings. On the page, in life, and in quiet thoughts lurking, this book wonders how to successfully create your days when the ground has given way; when house and home has become surreal, a horror film, a ghost story; when dumb flesh is determined to drag us through life’s little terrors, through grief and loss and heartbreak. Upfront and oblique, daring and inventive, these poems – with a rich dexterity of language and form – are an attempt to understand where one’s place might be in this whirlwind world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Real Estate is remarkable for its fresh observations of modern life and relationships, rooted in Mark Ward’s clear-eyed studies of intimacy, vulnerability, and pain. Deft and playful, Ward’s work shines with lyric ingenuity and energy.\" Rosamund Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dazzling, exacting, unnerving. Mark Ward’s latest collection maps an erotic architecture of sex, queer longing, grief and discovery. Artfully, the body sings through these electric poems. Real Estate claims new ground and dares you to encounter it.\" \u003cbr\u003e Annemarie Ní Churreáin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555358744949,"sku":"9781915022875","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mark-ward.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}