Tag Archives: childhood

In which I read a terrific book but am none the wiser for it…

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Have you ever reached the end of a novel, particularly one over 500 pages long and felt as if you had to flick through the whole story again to work out where you may have failed to pick up a … Continue reading →

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From Bunty to Blyton – a childhood library

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

I was once a child. That seems a bizarre statement but I do sometimes actually need to remind myself that those photos my mum keeps in a purple box beside her bed are of me. It is truly another life … Continue reading →

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Blue Peter, a dead poet and the struggles of the creative mind…

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

I published this blog post last year and it is still one of those viewed regularly. Since I first wrote it I have had some interesting discussions with people who have examined this subject from different perspectives. I clearly have … Continue reading →

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Everything changes but you…

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

I am sorry to disappoint anybody coming to this post hoping for a tribute to the rather wonderful Gary Barlow and his backing singers, *hears hisses and ducks missiles from Take That fans everywhere*, but this is actually a post … Continue reading →

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A real ‘give one to Grandma’ photo – The Gallery

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

This week at the Gallery the post is a ‘Photo you are proud of’. I love this idea. Sticky Fingers comes up with some great prompts to get you thinking and encourages you to focus (literally) on the photos that … Continue reading →

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I’m with Jeanette Winterson – Don’t lose our libraries….

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Yesterday I read an article on the Guardian website in which Jeanette Winterson raises concerns about the digitization of public libraries and the threat those libraries are now under from government cuts. I agreed with every word she said, and … Continue reading →

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Photographs – the art of memories

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

I have recently posted a blog (Why I like to look up sometimes) on the Sticky Fingers Gallery. The gallery is a brilliant idea, offering bloggers the opportunity to submit a post with photos on a weekly theme, the last … Continue reading →

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Is childhood really ‘in crisis’?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

I have just read a press release published today on the Open University website linked from twitter. It is entitled Paranoid parents, media hysteria and the myth of ‘childhood in crisis’ and it refers to research conducted by Dr Mary-Jane Kehily, an expert in childhood … Continue reading →

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