I can tell when I’ve lost my grip on life when I look in the fridge and find it full of things that are no longer fit to eat. You know the kind of thing – lots of helpful plastic pots with leftovers in, well intentioned but now growing an interesting variety of mould. (Why continue reading »
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, was pretty impressive. He had tenacity, the gift of the gab, the ability to lead, and an unshakeable belief that Asia lay on the other side of the Atlantic. It wasn’t his fault that there was a large continent and an even larger ocean in the way; Columbus was quite continue reading »
The timing of this post is a little askew as I’ve been gadding around in Cornwall and only just catching up, but this inspired me back in March so it’s going in. It’s about shipwrecks, teaching, questions and stories, if you were wondering whether to read on. So pour yourself a glass of wine, sit continue reading »
Now I feel silly. Burbling on in my last blog post about how much I was looking forward to some fizz at my book launch and actually there wasn’t any. Steen (RYA publishing whizz) must have seen the look on my face when he said there would be no bubbly, as he very reasonably pointed continue reading »
I wonder how and when fizzy wine became associated with celebration. I always have a bottle in the fridge, just in case (Tesco’s Cava, special offer), and if nothing exciting happens during the year, it gets poured at Christmas breakfast. But launch parties are the best. Boats or books, a new one is always worth continue reading »