The President's Gardens The President's Gardens The President’s Gardens: is a novel written by the Iraqi author Muhsin al-Ramli. Set during the last fifty years of Iraqi history, this novel tells the story of three friends, exploring how ordinary people have been affected by historic events such as wars, the blockade of Iraq and the invasion of Kuwait. It examines the gap between the lifestyle of those in power and ordinary citizens. During the chaos of occupation, one of them loses his life, like so many caught between loyalists of the old and new regimes. "The President's Gardens" helps the reader understand the
I Have Been Here Before Mr Farrant and Mrs Ormund leave, but Mr Ormund takes the blow calmly, realising that his life has been saved. The play was inspired by conjectures in P. D. Ouspensky's book "A New Model of the Universe" (1931). Ouspensky had already expressed these ideas in fiction with "Strange Life of Ivan Osokin" (1915, translated 1947). It was filmed for Australian TV in 1964. It was directed by Ken Hannam. I Have Been Here Before I Have Been Here Before is a play by J. B. Priestley, first produced by Lewis Casson at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 22 September 1937.