Not many visitors to Whitehall Garden Centre at Woodborough near Pewsey realise that the beautiful thatched barn they pass at the entrance is home to a branch of London-based Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd – one of only a handful of craft binderies left in the city. Even if you peep through the windows and see shelves… Read More The healing power of bookbinding
Waiting for a train after a night out in Dublin with friends, I feel as though I am part of an Edward Hopper painting, reminding me of ‘Nighthawks’. Instead of a diner with its three nightime customers, it’s a long gloomy platform, the darkness interrupted by illuminated signs, and the shadowy figures of lovers and… Read More On Tara Street Station
Yes, E- Day approaches. Extraction Day. It’s probably over thirty years since I had a tooth out, and that was to make room for other teeth in an over-crowded area, so taking out a rotten tooth counts as a new experience. No-one enjoys having a tooth out, but I do remember that it was done… Read More Open wide, please
The Marlborough Literature Festival 28 September-1 Ocotber 2017 . BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardner OBE will be talking about his latest fictional thriller, Ultimatum (published in September 2017), the second book in a trilogy. Also appearing are Man Booker Prizer shortlister Graeme Macrae Burnet, local crime writer Jon Stock as well as Will Self who… Read More Marlborough Literature Festival
5 – 10 October 2017 Now in its 42nd Year of bringing new talent and old favourites to Calne. Calne Music and Arts Festival brochure Opening Friday Night! Tickets now on sale at the box office and online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/388202 The Longest Johns deliver a foot-stomping set of sea songs and folk in their own… Read More Calne Music and Arts Festival
Sad to say… another woman’s magazine, which publishes short stories, closes its doors to unsolicited submissions. Fewer opportunities of publication for writers of this genre as a result. I was sorry to receive a letter this week, accompanying a returned short story manuscript I had submitted to Take A Break Fiction Feast, stating that from… Read More Look on the bright side
