Lois Elsden

Riding a different bike

Writing by LoisMay 18, 2015September 10, 2018

Hills of the north…

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisMay 17, 2015

Places by LoisMay 17, 2015June 2, 2020

Isn’t this just the most brilliant name for a sandwich bar? Baps by the way are bread rolls, slightly flattened, just right to stuff full of something tasty for lunch. Sadly we weren’t able to go in and buys one of Julie’s baps, and nor can I find a menu for what the fillings might be; […]

Water Log

Family Stories by LoisMay 17, 2015March 8, 2016

Chippy potatoes

Food by LoisMay 16, 2015May 15, 2015

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisMay 16, 2015May 15, 2015

A little Billy Fury

Billy Fury… born Ron Wycherley, he died tragically young at the age of 42

The Radwinter series by LoisMay 16, 2015September 15, 2018

Reunion

We’re going to a school reunion today, but at a school where we taught, rather than where we were pupils. I don’t expect it will be like the reunion my character Thomas attended in my novel ‘Magick’. They have met in a pub and at one point Thomas needs the bathroom so goes down to […]

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisMay 15, 2015

‘The First Cut…’

I wrote about this song, ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ a little while ago; I didn’t realise that Gene Pitney recorded it – I actually saw him live, many years ago and he was sensational. I don’t however remember what he sang!.