A lot of people will have woken up to a national emergency today as Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads across the world in what seems like a dystopian future event, so I’d […]
Ode to Christmas Tree Hell
An ode to Christmas..er, trees… Twas four night’s before Christmas and all was crazy, The local shop had sold out of trees and the boyfriend was lazy, So we crept […]
What did Jane Austen really look like?
Recently I read a story online about how a forensic expert had created a lifelike version of Jane Austen. Naturally, as a fan of the author’s work, I was interested […]
Editing Fiction for the Masses
I often get asked to read other people’s stories, especially lately. New writers often want comments on their stories and advice about how to improve them with editing. However, new […]
The Impossibility of Watching Little Dorrit…
Problems Finding British TV Shows in er, Britain… You know, if Little Dorrit was around today, she would have been living on a council estate while her father was drowning […]