I moved to London in 2009, from Australia, and one of the things that immediately struck me was how great it was that most of the museums here are free. It meant that while I was studying at Film School, I could spend my weekends getting inspiration from the old masters, or from history, without …
If you've ever been to a small town, where everyone knows everyone and each house is full of old names and ancient history, this book should feel familiar. It's the story of a place, from its foundation to current day. Each chapter tells a different part of local history, and family names and traits flow …
This year, in November, I set myself the task of writing a book. It had been germinating in my mind for a while, and I needed to get it down on paper. The story itself has aspects of Victorian Englands obsession with death and greiving, and the phenomenon of Spiritualism that rose up in that …
Continue reading Lily Dale: The Town That Talks To The Dead by Christine Wicker
I was sent this book for review by the author, and I was curious about it because he's a local London writer. It's always nice to read the words of someone who lives in your city. The book is a slim volume, and explores some interesting themes about right and wrong, Hadron colliders and religion. …
Continue reading Book Review: No Rest For The Wicked, A Novella by Dane Cobain
Set in the last four years of the Jewish occupation of the Masada fortress in ancient Israel in the time of the Roman occupation, this book tells the events of the lives of four women there who work together in the Dovecotes. I suppose most of you who have an interest in the history of …
And I'm incredibly excited! I don't win things very often! Hosted by the lovely The Good Life Bunny, whose blog is such a great read, full of beauty, fashion, books, lifestyle, I just love her! And I wanted to say a big thank you for this giveaway! The name Good Life Bunny, as you can …
Continue reading I Won This Awesome Box Of Goodies From The Good Life Bunny Blog Giveaway!
This one was recommended to me by an old friend, and it ended up on my must-read list for the year. It's the first book in a huge epic sci-fi saga called The Commonwealth Saga, and oh my God, it's about a billion pages long, and has a huge list of characters. The book is …
I'm not really the domesticated type, so baking is often beyond me, but I wanted to share this with you because it's fun to do new things and get creative, and also because I can't stop eating Macabella right out of the jar. Macabella is a spread made from macadamias and Belgian cocoa, and goes …
The designs on the covers of this book (there are two, one for the character Bea and one for Peter) are very beautiful, and having read the authors incredible book The Crimson Petal And The White, I expected big things. When Peter is selected by the mysterious company USIC to be a minister on the colonised …
Continue reading The Book Of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
My boyfriend recently built me a laptop (he does things like that, he works in IT), which has all the perfect specs for the blogging, writing and editing that I do. I loved it, but ... It's black and grey. If any of you have seen my really old Mac, you'll know that it has …
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