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Monthly Archives: April 2019
TERRIBLE WITH RAISINS…
“… there was something, something pretty terrible… Not just plain terrible. This was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it…” – Dorothy Parker (on turning fifty), The Middle or Blue Period. I thought TERRIBLE WITH RAISINS would be … Continue reading
The artist in me
The artist in me needs an easel. But is this easel-y achieved? It took a lot of swearing, a whole Archers Omnibus (combat pain with pain) and half a bottle of red wine. And two metal bits left over. Now … Continue reading
I used to hate jigsaw puzzles…
I used to hate jigsaw puzzles… I could say – “Until I discovered Smirnoff” – but that would date me and anyone who remembers the ad campaign (and the awful jokes*) and baffle anyone who wasn’t in Britain in the … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Women's Fiction, European Union, Greek Islands, Humour, new writing, Personal, Writers, Writing
Tagged contemporary Fiction, Greece, Greek Islands, holiday reading, Humour, Jigsaw Island, Leros, new novel, new writing, Terrible with Raisins, Women writers, women's fiction, Writing
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Teacher gets it right
Or ‘Teacher puts it right’. An unpleasant comment from an – older than me ha ha! – ex-fellow student, a postponed NHS appointment and a worrying email from an actor’s agent all conspired to dampen my spirits today. Then a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Humour, non-fiction, Personal, Teaching, Theatre
Tagged Backstage, Guildford, Humour, J B Priestley, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
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Happy birthday, dear Will!
Dear Will – whether on not you wrote the plays, you have been a major influence on all of us who ever read painfully aloud from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at school or scratched furiously through an essay on ‘The … Continue reading
Aah, Cornwall…
It has been beautifully sunny here in Devon over Easter, even though a bit of a sea har invaded yesterday. Realised I reported on the day out in Looe but didn’t mention gorgeous Portwrinkle (wonderfully quaint name) where we dropped … Continue reading
Traditional Easter in Greece and – well – other aspects in Britain
Greek Orthodox Easter isn’t always at the same time as the Anglican, Protestant and Catholic festivals. This year it falls a week later, with Easter Sunday being on 28 April. In Symi, the sombre observations of the preceding Holy Week … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Islands, Humour, Life on the edge
Tagged Greece, Humour, Leros, Symi
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Pre-Easter test of ingenuity…
Clue – 3rd and 4th course on the menu…
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day…
Struggling to find a pithy title for the post, this is what I came up with – only to realise it had been done before – by George and Ira Gershwin in ‘The Man I Love’ (Ella Fitzgerald’s wonderful version). … Continue reading
Posted in biography, Design, Drama, Education, Humour, Personal, Teaching, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Design, drama school, Edinburgh Festival, Humour, Writing
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Sunday
– is the day I never know what to do with – including writing grammatical sentences. It’s a hangover, I think, from early childhood when, once a week, the awful prospect of SUNDAY SCHOOL faced me. As if it were … Continue reading
Posted in biography, Desperation, Devon, Education, Humour, Life on the edge, Personal, Religion, Writers, Writing, Young Adult
Tagged Humour, Religion
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