A manuscript looks different when typset than in a word document. The typeset proof came in this week for Do Opposites Attract? My very last chance to change anything – gulp. As I’ve read it a zillion times now, I thought I wouldn’t want to change anything. Wrong. To be honest, I do find this …
I spent last week on holiday in the Lake District, though I suppose that depends on your definition of the word holiday. Spending four days climbing two mountains, enduring a hilly 20 mile bike ride and a 10 mile walk round Derwent water felt like more of a boot camp. So what did I …
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Ross Poldark is coming back! He is my all time favourite romantic hero. In my teens I devoured the books – then read them all again ten years later. I loved the TV series so much I bought all the episodes on video (umm, not much use to me now!) so I could watch them …
Our garage collects far more rubbish than we thought. We’re clearing it out this week. Something of a biennial event (I had to look that up – every two years) that isn’t to make room for our cars, but to make room for more inevitable clutter that will worm its way there in the …
Formula one needs noise! I can vividly remember my first – and only – live Grand Prix. We went to Spa (Belgium – photo from the album below!) and it was the noise, even more than the speed (though – wow!) that hit the senses and remains in our memories. But this year they’ve …