If you Google Alice Lisle you will find out that it is a “pub serving food with Sky TV in Ringwood”. You may like Sky TV with your food or food with your Sky TV, and it is a lovely pub, often frequented by friendly New Forest donkeys. But make sure if you visit the … Read more
This item was written for a writing workshop in Marlow library. We had a selection of photos to choose from. We had to choose three and weave them together into the opening of a novel. See if you can guess what my three photos were! : She had been dreading it. But she had promised, … Read more
Hooray for Heritage Weeks! Yesterday, I had the privilege of a tour of the Buckinghamshire Archives at Aylesbury. There is something mystical about being in temperature-controlled storage lockers full of old documents which are expertly preserved and protected from pests and mould by the diligent archivists. What a great job they have! Our guide archivist … Read more
I’m very much an Eeyore person. I get depressed by the state of the world, and frustrated by every big and little thing that make my life difficult. So, it is a pleasure to report a better than average day! Being a Sunday, I awarded myself a lie-in, as much as my early-stirring body clock … Read more
: Seaman John Norris staggered along the stony track that led home, but he was still only on the first leg of his journey. Dark clouds had rolled in, throwing down persistent rain. Daylight was fading, and his backpack was heavy. John stumbled and cursed. As he righted himself, he noticed a faint flicker through … Read more
: Please don’t put me on hold I know the score I hang on for fifteen minutes and then the line goes dead You don’t want to deal with me I hear those messages about going to the website But I’ve been there already I know the answer to my query is not there I … Read more
Do you sigh with relief when you flush your pee and poo down the toilet? Or do you take it for granted? I urge you to think! Every time we hear the comforting sound of whooshing water, we should give thanks to the civil engineers who designed the sewerage systems that take our waste away. … Read more
This was a title set for a writers’ group exercise. It may inspire many stories or aspects of stories over time, but my immediate response to it was quite literal – what is the cost of writing? : The Cost Maybe it’s the business academic in me. I can’t see this title without seeing numbers … Read more
The BBC conducted a poll at the time of the Millennium, to find out who Britons thought were the top 100 Britons of all time. Oliver Cromwell earned a place in the top ten. He was, after all, the only commoner to have been Head of State in the United Kingdom. Although we Brits like … Read more
