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- Sorry Nigel Farage – Talking Books loved ‘Talking France’…
- Talking crime – on why we love a good murder mystery….
- Let’s focus on the words: Peter, Tony, and a Portrait of Keats
- Why Mrs T should have left the room quietly, closing the door behind her….
- ‘In relation to’ what? On ‘Talking Books’ and chewing words….
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Tag Archives: Books
Love poems you wish you had written #3 – Julia Copus
I have written before of the wonderful Reading Matters group I was, and still am, lucky enough to be part of (we call it ‘Reading Still Matters’ now that the Royal Literary Fund have moved on to other projects). The … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged blogging, Books, Julia Copus, love, Mood, Poetry, reading, relationships, St Valentine's, writing
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On Shelley, secrets and weaving fact with fiction in ‘A Treacherous Likeness’….
One of my favourite reads of 2012 was Tom All Alone’s by Lynn Shepherd. The grim realities of Victorian Britain were brought to life for a 21st century audience and the fictional worlds of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins (often … Continue reading
‘London Snow’ and the joy of a trip to the capital whatever the weather
Last week I went to London and spent three happy hours in The Wellcome Library, taking advantage of their beautiful reading rooms. I was researching shell shock and PTSD to inform Shell Shocked Britain, the book I am writing for … Continue reading
On receiving some wonderful old news……
As some of my regular readers may be aware, I was commissioned earlier this year, by the new social history imprint of Pen and Sword Books, to write a book about the impact of the first world war on the … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Family History, History, London, Writing
Tagged Books, Family History, First Blitz, First World War, Great War, Historic Newspapers, London, reading, research, Shell Shocked Britain, WW1, Zeppelin raids
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10, 9, 8… Now the ‘clocks’ really are counting down for Dandelions and Bad Hair Days.
Well it is definitely happening now. No longer an idea, or a manuscript or a virtual, social media entity. Dandelions and Bad Hair Days is a physical book – with a cover and everything! It has an ISBN number, a … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Poetry, Writing
Tagged anxiety, Books, Brendon Books, depression, mental health, Mood, personality, SANE, writing
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To be ‘a friend of Keats’ – a very Romantic circle
John Keats is now known as one of the greatest poets in the English language. Often included in the great ‘triad’ of younger Romantics with Shelley and Byron, his life and work has arguably retained a larger and more interested audience than either of … Continue reading
Posted in Keats, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 19th century, Books, friendships, history, John Keats, Keats, Keats' Circle, Literature, Poetry, relationships, Romantics, writing
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Temps Perdu – on deja vu and Dorothy Parker
I have been experiencing some odd feelings of deja vu in the last few weeks. Trying to explain them to a friend, I struggled and frankly sounded slightly odd. Perhaps this was because in every day terms we have come to use … Continue reading
The WRITER not the film star! The ‘other’ Elizabeth Taylor…..
(As I publish this I have just heard Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter Judith Kingham will be on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour tomorrow to talk about the centenary of her mother’s birth and the re-issue of the short stories. It really … Continue reading
Dandelions and Bad Hair Days – the ‘clock’ counts down as the website is launched
Apologies for the rather dodgy pun in the title but what an exciting day! The book Dandelions and Bad Hair Days is awaiting the final touches and a foreword from the charity SANE (who have seen and read it and been so … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Writing
Tagged anxiety, blogging, Books, DABHD, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, depression, mental health, Mood, website, writing
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