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Where can maps take us….
To a beautiful piece of art, for one thing… … and like many maps, this one keeps changing and growing as more people contribute to it. This is the work of artist, Susie Leiper and I was lucky enough to...
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More armchair exploring…
1. OMAN: Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs by Abdulaziz Al Farsi. Translated by Nancy Roberts. Well, this is a bit of one-upmanship, reading a book about Oman IN Oman. And look how beautiful the background,...
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Growing your writing….
I couldn’t resist how very very beautiful these words looked on the Tradescant tomb at the Garden Museum!!
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What every writer wants….
Please excuse the brief boasting, but I’ve been so happy to see the reviews for my novel, Getting the Picture on Amazon. Such as this one: This book was not the cosy love-in-an-old-people’s-home tale i...
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I cannot write a novel today because….
I cannot write a novel today because… my friend is writing poetry for gerbils and I need to watch the letter box for the manuscript, small and brown… the towels in my airing cupboard cry out to be...
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A Quiet Inquisition
Death’s on my mind at the moment, not least because of a funeral later this week. It’ll be a joyful celebration of a funeral (hopefully) for a life well-lived and well-loved where we’ve been instructed...
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What can you buy for 99p these days?
ME! Or GETTING THE PICTURE at least. I’m delighted that my novel is in the Amazon Kindle deal this month, currently edging up the bestselling charts for Ageing (No 6) and Personal Health (No 34)....
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Perhaps it was the woman at the next table who was explaining her holiday photographs one by one to her friend. Sometimes she couldn’t even remember where they were taken but that didn’t stop her going...
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Joyful play and Don’t try this at home…
Perhaps the title is a give away about how much joy this book is going to bring… I’ve been an enthusiastic ‘supporter’ of & Other Stories Publishing ever since I heard about their model of relying...
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A pause over Palmyra
OF COURSE people matter more, but that fact that IS are in charge of Palmyra is something that makes me hold my breath today, waiting to hear what will happen to it. We were lucky enough to go there in...
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