Hope you're all having a lovely Easter break! It's when the weather starts turning towards Spring again, that I am immediately seeking out some old literary favourites that evoke my fondest memories of this time of year in particular. This usually includes, but is not limited to: Wordsworth's famous Romantic poem 'The Daffodils', Arthur Ransome's … Continue reading Another perfect day: My ranking of favourite Beatrix Potter stories
I firstly have to apologise. There's been a distinct lack of #SongoftheWeek, #TweetHeeHee and indeed, any of the regular blog series these last couple of weeks. I can place the blame safely on recovering from this awful virus/cold doing the rounds that I have only just shifted, but which has left me rather low on energy to … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: The Queen’s Nose
Happy Boxing Day people! Hope your Christmas is going spiffingly festive so far. It's time, as always, for our annual End of Year Prizes for 2017. This is the time for us to hand out our awards to the great and good that we've loved in music, TV, film and books over the last 12 … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017
Welcome to a suitably spooky DeLorean ride for Halloween on this week's #BlastfromthePast. This week, we hop on our broomsticks to 1986, when the then 11 year old Fairuza Balk (Return to Oz, The Craft) took up the role of one of Britain's best loved witches. Originally airing on ITV in October of that year, The … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: The Worst Witch (1986)
Happy Boxing Day one and all! Hope you are having a lovely Christmas so far, whatever you may be up to (cue festive emojis 🎅🎅🎅 🎁🎁🎁 🎄🎄🎄). Today's blog sees the third annual giving out of my End of Year Prizes. 2016 has, it's safe to say, been an odd mistress of a year, but … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2016
It's Boxing Day! Which means a couple of things - firstly, cold meat and pickles in endless bounty (YAY). And secondly, also means it's time for me to hand out my second annual End of Year Prizes on this here blog. Unbelievably it's now been a whole 12 months since we last handed them out, … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2015
I've touched on finding inspiration as a writer in previous blog posts before. Never before though, have I touched on certain authors that inspire me, but in the case of today's post, I am doing just that. I have been back writing more stories for a children's series I've had in development for nearly two … Continue reading Roald Dahl: The Finest Works of a Whimsical Genius
