I’ve been down with a bit of a nasty cold this week, so last week’s day volunteering at my local pottery turned out to just
Yesterday, we all drove up to Oxford to drop my sister Tilly off at Magdalen College, where she’s about to start her undergrad degree in
A couple of weeks ago my Saturday drama club, which I joined a few months ago, started back up after summer break. Last week, as
Yesterday, I did my first session running a Latin club where I work (I work at this funny little place with a shop selling handmade
In the run-up to Christmastime, Connie is working hard to fill up her shelves with new stock, which for me means lots of sponging and
Today, Connie was redecorating the art gallery nextdoor to her shop (all in the same building though), so I was tasked with manning the fort
This is the harrowing autobiography of Russian university professor and Communist party member Eugenia Ginzburg, after she was wrongly convicted of taking part in a
My tears are like the quiet driftOf petals from some magic rose;And all my grief flows from the riftOf unremembered skies and snows. I think,
As much as I love to read a lot of books, I do tend to read a lot online too about all different subjects. I
As Christmas creeps ever closer, Connie is getting busier and busier making little Xmas decorations for her pottery studio, and I’ve been helping her out