Bits and pieces by Lois

Tick tock

This advertisement appeared in a news magazine called The Sphere, on July 14th 1900, for a ‘field’ watch at the cost of £25. According to some calculations that I have seen, this would be about £2,500 today. This jewellers was founded in 1847 by  James William Benson and Samuel Suckley Benson; they did not just […]

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Music... and my favourite gigs by Lois

Play it again!

I’ve shared this before but it’s just my favourite song off Jonas Carping’s new CD, Cocktails and Gasoline… My favourite at the moment, but I love all the songs Jonas has written for this album, and it might very well be that when I’ve plaid it a few more dozen times, I might have another […]

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writing by Lois

Where it’s at

This is a repeat of a blog which, for some reason was not visible when I posted it; herre it is again: Most of my books are set in an imaginary place, the coastline stretching between the small seaside town of Easthope, and the larger city of Strand, and the villages in the countryside inland. […]

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writing by Lois

Just a coincidence

It’s often said that there are only so many stories in all the world, is it five? Is it seven? It’s seven, Christopher Booker the journalist, columnist and writer published a  book outlining them in 2014: Overcoming the Monster Rags to Riches The Quest Voyage and Return Comedy Tragedy Rebirth   I’m not sure tragedy […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Pigskin putties and murder by monkey

I can’t at the moment find any information about the London Shoe Co., Ltd,, of Queen Victoria Street in London, and New Bond Street, also in London. H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Greece, I think may have been Constantine I, who ascended the throne in 1913, when his father George I was assassinated in Thessaloniki. Constantine […]

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