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You’ve no doubt seen this before… it still makes me laugh! The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement […]
MoreA writer I very much like is Ann Cleeves; recently I have been reading her novels set in Shetland which I really recommend! Great stories and fabulous settings (I wish I could write about places as well!) I notice on her facebook page she has had a competition… the prize is having the sinner’s name included in one of her novels… […]
MoreAm I so mean or is it just the way i was brought up, not to waste anything? I bought a butternut squash yesterday and today I made it into soup… I peeled it and the peel went into the compost bin; it will rot down and be perfect for potting seedlings next spring. The […]
MoreI’ve been puzzling about a cover for ‘Loving Judah’… I did think about a photo of a standing stone as they feature in the novel, but I had a rather poor attempt as using one, bit of a failure really, and then I went off the idea. Whatever the image I choose, I’ll play about […]
MoreOnce you have a fascination for strange names, they’re everywhere, they spring of parish notice boards, they jump out of obituaries, they are of the children and grandchildren of people you meet. This was a plaque in Launceston, Cornwall, the only Cornish name is the builder, Sampson Trehane! The second part of ‘Loving Judah’ is set […]
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Lois Elsden 