HANds up . . . who thinks the new year starts on January 1st? Well, yes. technically I suppose there are arguments to support that idea, but for me the new year always seems to begin a little later – in September. September is the time for new pencil cases, fresh notebooks, and a sparklingly positive mindset and I embrace…
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September.
Home
Home is such an evocative word, isn’t it? And I think it means something different to everyone. For those who have settled a long way from where they started, either by choice or circumstance, it can refer to a country. For others it is the place where they were raised and for many it is the house (or other dwelling)…
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Something cool in The Reading Room
Hi there You remember my Reading Room? It’s the the part of my website that you can only access if you’ve signed up to my newsletter? Well, in there today I am giving away THREE Five Day Guest passes for MasterClass. Masterclass is the really cool site that has fantastic training courses on all kinds of interesting subjects by famous…
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I knew that was going to happen.
Are you one of those people who can always predict who did it in a murder mystery? Do you tend to spot the plot twists in a drama when you’ve barely set off down the track? I’m not like that. In fact, I’ve always been totally hopeless at it, not spotting clues until I’ve virtually stepped in them. But I…
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Oh, the places you’ll go . . .
I’m going to Oxford and I am BEYOND excited about it! It won’t be my first trip to ‘the city of dreaming spires’ as poet Matthew Arnold described it. Around a dozen years ago I went with my husband for a mooch around. We stayed in Keble College in a undergraduate room just for the full authentic experience, and had…
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