Books – Page 17 – Francesca's Thoughts

25/05/2016

‘Romeo, Romeo, where are you Romeo?’

I read the other day that the average deposit for a home in the UK is currently £80,000 and as my reactions were limited to either throwing myself into work or jumping off the QEII bridge, I’ve been writing a lot. I don’t want to show it to any of you yet (for a staunch… Continue reading

Art, Books, History & Old Stuff, May 2016, TV, Videos

‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Upstart Crow’, BBC2, Ben Elton, Blackadder, David Mitchell, Indifferent Ignorance, Shakespeare Season BBC, wherefore art though Romeo?, William Shakespeare, writing

13/05/2016

Behind the Scenes, Friday 13th Edition

So it was on this very day, sort of, that I released my Ghost Stories zines last year. If you haven’t read them – and you should – they’re full of short stories, advice columns, quirky advertisements and art all pertaining to death, the afterlife and magic. And I hadn’t even heard of Maggie Stiefvater then.… Continue reading

29/04/2016

Book Hangovers & Nine Hamlets

Good news: I’ve worked out how to live with a fucked keyboard. Bad news: I haven’t gotten off my arse to buy a new one. I did get off my arse when I got a text last weekend that my copy of The Raven King was in Waterstones – literally as I walked through the door… Continue reading

April 2016, Books, Tim Minchin, TV, Videos

‘The Raven Cycle’, ‘The Raven King’, ‘To be or not to be?’ featuring Benedict Cumberbatch & Prince Charles – Shakespeare Live! – BBC, book hangovers, fucked keyboards, Indifferent Ignorance, Maggie Stiefvater

21/04/2016

The Queen is Quite Lovely Really, and Free Etsy Delivery (unrelated)

Hay birthday, your majesty. I can’t wa as lyrical as I would like to about the Queen turning 90, for reasons obvious when you notice that ‘hay’ was meant to be the word that comes before ‘birthday’ in the song we’re forced to sing when the ageing age, and that ‘wa’ was meant to be the… Continue reading

April 2016, Books, DISCUSS., Government and Politics, Internet

‘Jane Eyre’, ‘The Raven King’, broken keyboards, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth II, Etsy, Etsy UK, feminist stationery, Greek mythology stationery, Indifferent Ignorance, Queen’s 90th birthday, William Shakespeare