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‘Mog the Forgetful Cat’

08/03/2016

International Women’s Day/Celebrations: Judith Kerr

If 2016 has taught me anything (other than how irritating election and referendum rhetoric is), it’s that you should never take people whose work you like for granted, because one day they’ll be dead and you’ll be paying tribute alongside everyone else who had forgotten to pay tribute in the previous 40 years, wondering why you never Continue reading

Books, March 2016

‘Mog the Forgetful Cat’, ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’, feminsim, Indifferent Ignorance, International Women’s Day, Judith Kerr, storytelling, women in literature
31/05/2013

The Hay Festival!

How has your half term been? That’s nice. Right, pleasantries over, let’s talk about mine. We’ll leave out Monday and today, because I mostly stayed at home and with Fred and Donnie, and I do that a lot. Let’s chat about the Hay Festival. I was only at the festival and in the town, Hay-on-Wye, for Continue reading

Books, Holidays, May 2013, Photogenius

‘Mog the Forgetful Cat’, ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’, books, Damien Lewis, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Helen McCrory, Indifferent Ignorance, Judith Kerr, Michael Morpurgo, poetry, Prince Phillip reads, Rowan Williams, UK economy, Wales