Theatre Review: Oliver! Oliver!
Share I have a confession to make… I have never read anything by Charles Dickens. I managed to go through all of my education, including studying English at degree level, bypassing Dickens entirely and have never chosen to read his works for the fun of it. I’m not completely oblivious to him though. I’ve seen...
My NaNoWriMo Experience
Share I first heard about National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, on the BBC breakfast show, but it didn’t occur to me at that moment to actually take part in the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. I just thought it was a good idea to get that first draft written out, I never imagined...
The Home of Wordsworth
Share Dove Cottage in Grasmere is one of three sites in the Lake District that William Wordsworth was connected to during his lifetime; the others being his birthplace in Cockermouth, and his final home at Rydal Mount. It was on a wintry weekend trip to the Lake District that I visited the home where Wordsworth...
Carpe Diem
Share A poem to remind us to live each day and not to waste it… Carpe diem; seize they day, Don’t let life pass you by. Be full of colour, not shades of grey, Carpe diem; seize the day Don’t you let it waste away. Tomorrow could be the day you die So carpe...
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