Proust goes on holiday
My last post was all about the stress. As we were feeling frazzled, my husband, daughter and I booked flights and Air BnB and headed to Kos for some half term sunshine –… Continue reading
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Boats and Beasts.
We’ve had such a resplendent summer, it felt like it would go on and on. However, the holidays are over, the schools are back and the weather has started to show a distinctly… Continue reading
It’s beginning to look a lot like Dickens
Regular readers of this blog will know that I like to do a spot of knitting. At the beginning of the year I was asked by Interweave if I’d write patterns for some… Continue reading
Playing the Fool in Lake Como with ‘Madame Solario’ #20BooksofSummer
After reading Heavenali’s glowing review of Madame Solario (1956) by Gladys Huntington recently, I knew I would have to use another of my ‘jokers’ (I’m currently suffering a self-imposed, year-long, book-buying ban, but have a… Continue reading
A bookworm’s holiday packing dilemmas:
After ebaying the mountain of old and ill-fitting clothes that has been sitting in the loft for months, we’ve paid for a last minute holiday to Kefalonia leaving next week. It’s all very… Continue reading
View Over the Top of My Book #9
I was fortunate enough to spend the New Year in Lanzarote on a multi-generational family holiday. Escaping the relentless rain in the UK was a dream come true, and it felt so good… Continue reading
Holiday Reading Dilemmas
On Tuesday we’re going on our annual ten day holiday to an arts festival in south Pembrokeshire. We’ll be camping the whole time, cooking on an open fire, and while the kids unkink… Continue reading
If I could turn back time, or… Why I wish I could go back to Leigh Delamere Motorway Services and introduce Sue Perkins to Virginia Woolf.
On Saturday, I travelled back to Wales with my family after a week’s worth of fun and sunshine in Cyprus. After landing in Stansted, the silent one did the first driving stint, and… Continue reading