The Scold's Bridle
This International Women's Day I'm feeling like I've dodged a bullet! Let me introduce the brank's/ gossip's bridle, used against...
One in 7.8 Billion
I had fun writing about the two babies that feature in The Dipping Pool and was thrilled to have the first new baby in our family for...
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi gyd! Let's get some discipline in here!
First day of 2021 and maybe foolish, rash and certainly optimistic, I've given myself a task: a book in a year. I wobbled and wasted...
Only one book shop left in Wales!
Dear Friends, The last post of 2020! First of all - thank you! It's been so great to have sales, clicks, hearts, thumbs up, interested...
The Georgian Christmas
Georgian Christmas was very much all about parties, balls and family get-togethers. The Georgian Christmas season ran from December 6th...
Yorkshire's Ripper
I never knew him; his life never ruined mine. Yet the news of his death is a small sharp stone eased out from the sole of a worn shoe,...