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Category: Writing & Writers

Can’t catch a falling star

Our amazing universe. Continue reading Can’t catch a falling star

Posted on December 6, 2019November 26, 2019Categories Odds & Ends, Writing & WritersTags Carl Sagan, Cosmos, neutron, universeLeave a comment on Can’t catch a falling star

Middlemarch: A book for grown-ups

A great English writer was born 200 years ago today. Continue reading Middlemarch: A book for grown-ups

Posted on November 22, 2019November 12, 2019Categories Writing & WritersTags Count That Day Lost, George Eliot, MiddlemarchLeave a comment on Middlemarch: A book for grown-ups

Harrods and the spirit of Christmas greed

You’d think Harrods would know better. Continue reading Harrods and the spirit of Christmas greed

Posted on November 15, 2019November 14, 2019Categories Odds & Ends, Writing & WritersTags Christmas Carol, Harrods, ScroogeLeave a comment on Harrods and the spirit of Christmas greed

Bill Bryson in his element

The Body: A Guide for Occupants refreshes the parts other writers can’t reach. Continue reading Bill Bryson in his element

Posted on November 5, 2019November 4, 2019Categories Writing & WritersTags body, Bryson, elementsLeave a comment on Bill Bryson in his element

Autumn

There’s more to it than mists and mellow fruitfulness. Continue reading Autumn

Posted on November 1, 2019October 22, 2019Categories Writing & WritersTags autumn, Crapsey, Dickinson, KeatsLeave a comment on Autumn

A town the colour of sunlit sandstone and ironstone

The Sussex town of Midhurst features in at least three novels by H. G. Wells. Continue reading A town the colour of sunlit sandstone and ironstone

Posted on October 22, 2019October 21, 2019Categories Nostalgia, Writing & WritersTags H.G. Wells, Midhurst, squillLeave a comment on A town the colour of sunlit sandstone and ironstone

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