Earlier this week I went to see It’s Complicated – the new movie featuring Meryl Streep as a divorcée , who unexpectedly finds herself having an affair… with her ex-husband. The ex-husband is Alec Baldwin, a man who had left her ten years ago for a yonger woman, and to whom he is currently still […]
I absolutely loved reading all the brilliant entries to our recent Caboose competition – the one where we asked you to supply us with alternative meanings for the word ‘caboose’ – see previous blog. Now I’m delighted to discover that The Washington Post has been running similar neologism contests (in which readers are asked to […]
Saturday 13th March, 11.00-12noon BLANDFORD BOOKS, BROADWAY Rebecca Tope will be signing copies of her Cotswold Mystery books, including the new paperback Slaughter in the Cotswolds, at Blandford Books, 39 High St, Broadway WR12 7DP. For more information call the bookshop on 01386 858588.
I’ve been watching more films recently – mostly thanks to my Lovefilm account. But occasionally there’s a film you just have to see on the big screen and this cinema in Notting Hill is my secret love. The Coronet is an old Victorian theatre, with gorgeous old-school décor in scarlet and gold and feels like […]
Never one to shy away from any kind of excuse for festivity, I am happy to broadcast that today is my birthday. On this note, I confess that I am terrible at remembering other people’s birthdays. And when I do remember it’s usually on the actual day and too late to be able to send a proper […]
How cool – this coming Valentines weekend I will be toasting some very good friends tying the knot ‘up north’. I’m usually terrible at remembering days like this and, unlike my other half, am much more likely to be the one picking up some tired looking ‘gift’ in the corner shop than he is. So, […]
G’day cobbers – today is Australia Day! I am always reminded of this since my Aussie boyfriend never lets this day pass without due fanfare. In fact, we had a pre-Aussie day BBQ this weekend – replete with bottles of Crown Lager, marinated prawns on the barbie, Aussie snacks such as Burger Rings, Shapes and In a Biskit Dixie Drumsticks, as […]
Copies of The Bookseller take a ridiculously long time to circulate in the A&B office (I’m one of the worst culprits – I think I may have a December copy still lurking in my intray somewhere). In the ‘latest’ edition (dated 8th January) that has just crossed my desk, I found a great competition for […]
I love clever word games, play on words etc – and this video takes the biscuit. A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. It was submitted by a 20-year-old in contest entitled “u @ 50” (run by AARP ) and I think it is simply brilliant. (Make sure […]
Saturday 13th February, 10.30am THE COTSWOLD BOOKSTORE, MORETON-IN-MARSH Rebecca Tope, author of the bestselling Cotswold mstery series, will be signing her new paperback, Slaughter in the Cotswolds, at the lovely Cotswold Bookstore, 20 High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AF. For more information call the bookshop on 01608 652666.
Saturday 12th June, 10.00am-4.00pm BEDFORD CENTRAL LIBRARY As part of the Bedford Literary Festival, acclaimed author Alanna Knight will discuss crime-writing in general and her popular Inspector Faro and Rose McQuinn mysteries – including her latest releases Murder in Paradise and Quest for a Killer – at the Reader’s Day at Bedford Central Library, […]
Monday 7th June, 2.15pm BEDFORD CENTRAL LIBRARY Come and meet Scottish crime-writer Alanna Knight who will be discussing historical crime at the Bedford Literary Festival. She will be talking about her acclaimed mysteries featuring Inspector Faro and Rose McQuinn, including her latest releases Murder in Paradise and Quest for a Killer , at Bedford […]
RESCHEDULED! New Date TBC BLACKHALL LIBRARY, EDINBURGH Come and meet Scottish crime-writer Alanna Knight who will be discussing historical crime set in Edinburgh and her own books, including her latest release Quest for a Killer, at Blackhall Library 56 Hillhouse Road, Edinburgh, EH4 5EG. For more information contact the library on 0131 529 5595.
There must be something in the water – following hard on the heels of Chiara’s trip to see Chicago, I went to see The Lion King and came bounding out of the Lyceum theatre on Saturday with a whole raft of Disney’s best songs ricocheting around my head. And when I’m not fully-conscious of it, […]
I should have had Broadband up and running in my house by now. I spent over two hours on the phone with Talk Talk‘s Customer Service last night to find out why it had not been installed as yet. It was a call which involved being passed round every one of their departments, sitting in […]
Wednesday 17th November 10.30am UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WHITSTABLE Author Sarah Grazebrookwill be meeting members of the Women’s Institute at the United Reformed Church Hall, High Street, Whitstable, CT5 1AY. She will be talking about and reading from her novel Crooked Pieces, which revolves around the suffragette movement and the Pankhurst women, and also signing […]
Monday 13th September 3.00pm RINGWOULD VILLAGE HALL, KENT Author Sarah Grazebrookwill be meeting members of the Women’s Institute at Ringwould Village Hall, CT14. She will be talking about and reading from her novel Crooked Pieces, which revolves around the suffragette movement and the Pankhurst women, and also signing copies of the book. If you […]
Monday 12th July 8.00pm WYE VILLAGE HALL, KENT Author Sarah Grazebrookwill be meeting members of the Women’s Institute at Wye Village Hall, Kent. She will be talking about and reading from her novel Crooked Pieces, which revolves around the suffragette movement and the Pankhurst women, and also signing copies of the book. If you […]
Thursday 1st April 10.30am ASHFORD BAPTIST CHURCH Author Sarah Grazebrook will be meeting members of the Women’s Institute at the Ashford Baptist Church, Saint John’s Lane, Ashford, TN23 1PS. She will be talking about and reading from her novel Crooked Pieces, which revolves around the suffragette movement and the Pankhurst women, and also signing […]
Monday 8th February, 8.00pm BRENZETT VILLAGE HALL Author Sarah Grazebrook will be meeting members of the Women’s Institute at Brenzett Village Hall, Brenzett, TN29 9UN. She will be talking about and reading from her novel Crooked Pieces, which revolves around the suffragette movement and the Pankhurst women, and also signing copies of the book. […]
“I’m baking pillows. Burn them slowly, keeps them fluffy! Mmmmmm, pillows.” During a dinner with friends on Friday night we somehow got on to the topic of sleeptalking. My friend’s boyfriend insists that she laughs in her sleep, sometimes so much that she wakes herself up. I thought that makes a nice change from the […]