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Continue reading →: Book Review: Neither Here nor There – Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll start with an admission: I’ve not entirely finished this book. The reason is convoluted and involves a useless budget airline, a dreadful Asian airport in one of the worst capital cities in the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: A Mother Like Mine by Kate Hewitt
A Mother Like Mine by Kate Hewitt My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think I’m reaching the conclusion that so-called ‘women’s fiction’ is not really for me. This is a shame as I don’t like to think of any kind of fiction being somehow ‘beyond me’. Yet I’ve read…
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Continue reading →: Theatre Review: Rails
First published in Lancashire Life 1st June 2018 Theatre Review: Rails By Ken Powell Complementing their main stage hilarious farce, Jeeves & Wooster, opening the summer season, Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) have also started with the much more serious (and world premiere) Rails in the intimate studio theatre.…
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Continue reading →: Pay Up or Shut Up
I’ve been writing professionally now for the best part of ten years. I love the diversity of my work – every day is a little different, every client or editor has different needs and every project is unique. I love the fact that I get to write novels, stories, articles…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Accounting – A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Nobes
Accounting: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Nobes My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have often wondered what the difference between accounting and book-keeping is. As a ‘sole trader’ both as teacher and, in latter years, as writer I tread the thin line between just needing to keep accurate…
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Continue reading →: Theatre Review: Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
First published in Lancashire Life 1st June 2018 Theatre Review: Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense By Ken Powell Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) has opened its new summer season of plays with a cracking farce which I predict may well be the smash hit of the year. The…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: 500 Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart
500 Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have quite strict rules to decide on what makes a good fiction book but how do you decide for non-fiction? Especially given how different many non–fiction books are. Caroline Taggart’s book is a good example.…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Compleat Discworld Atlas by Terry Pratchett
The Compleat Discworld Atlas by Terry Pratchett My rating: 5 of 5 stars If the overtly colonial ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ was my secret porn (as I wrote recently), then Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series is my opium – and one I’m open and honest about. The series of books was unique…
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Continue reading →: King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard My rating: 4 of 5 stars Every man has his dirty secret and I guess for me it is this: H. Rider Haggard’s stories are my secret porn. When I read his books I can’t help but feel the same as I do…
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