The other day, I happened to be feeling rather grateful to the wonderful Bill Bryson. Well, I’ve always felt quite grateful to him actually. As the incredibly talented, witty, top-notch, best-selling author actually WROTE to me when I lived in Africa. In fact – the rather lovely fella has actually sent me TWO letters. It’s […]
You’re So Vane
The other day I embarked on a blog, prior to opening my birthday presents of 2016. Well. Yours truly was delighted with the fact that even more ‘needed’ and ‘odd’ gifts came her way. So here goes … I’ll openly admit to anyone that I’ve never been reet-impressed with status symbols, brands, the latest in […]
News Of Doom
Is this a male/female thing? Or more about the fact that on awakening most mornings, I find it difficult to gather my thoughts. Okay, I’ve got a helluva lot tumbling around my head at the moment – but was there really any excuse for the little error that I made this morning? My gentlemen friend […]
We Need To Talk About…. Scientific Research. Or not.
We live with a man who frequently rants about the uselessness of most academic studies. When he isn’t shrieking at those poor beleaguered clever-sorts who are ushered into the media spotlight, on the telly or on the radio (i.e. “Your rising inflection is killing me!”, “Why the hell do these so-called experts always have to […]
M-Ilkley’ing it
I’m off. Not like the milk (we have a rather fab local milkman, you see) but I’m actually referring to the Ilkley Literature Festival – where I’m going to be doing various bits and pieces; championing pals Bluemoose indie publishers in their ‘Northern – Not Wanted’ session, as well as working with the amazing Razwan […]
Go Ask Your Mother… Or Even Better -Grill Your Granny
Do you know what an ‘inter-generational’ project is? Sounds riveting, eh? But before you expire of boredom in anticipation of today’s little bloggy-offering, please let me reassure you that this whole ‘inter-generational project’ malarky truly IS something to write home about. That it genuinely IS something that should tickle all of our fancies. In the […]