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On this day: Prisoner transported to Tasmania

10/12/2019 nsford 2 Comments

10th December 1840. William Smith was transported to Van Diemen’s Land on the ship ‘Duncan’ for a fourteen year sentence.…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research, resources, writing

Film of the book: ‘The Railway Children’ (1970)

09/12/2019 nsford 5 Comments

Ah, the nostalgia. This classic film adaptation, directed and written by Lionel Jeffries, is now as iconic as E Nesbit’s…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: children's fiction, E Nesbit, films, reviews

Review of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by George Orwell

07/12/2019 nsford 11 Comments

What can I say about this iconic and influential book which hasn’t already been said?! It’s 70 years since it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, George Orwell, reviews

Cold dark mornings: a poem

05/12/2019 nsford 6 Comments

I hate to get up in the morning when the sun is still in bed. I’ll spend the whole day…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: humans, poetry, writing

Review of ‘Mauve’ by Simon Garfield

03/12/2019 nsford 4 Comments

Have you heard of William Perkin? At the age of 18, he accidentally discovered a type of dye, from waste…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, non-fiction, reviews, Simon Garfield

TV review: ‘The War of the Worlds’ (2019)

02/12/2019 nsford 7 Comments

What a disappointment! The BBC have managed to turn H G Wells’ iconic science fiction masterpiece into a dull, underwhelming…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: fiction, H G Wells, reviews, TV

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish’ by Kirsty Murray

01/12/2019 nsford Leave a comment

Welcome to another instalment in the ‘time-travelling bookworm’ series! The random generator has landed on Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish by…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, Kirsty Murray, reading

Some brilliant blog posts in November 2019

30/11/2019 nsford 6 Comments

Hello friends, I hope you are well. Here are just a few of the excellent blog posts I enjoyed reading…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: blogging, reading

Review of ‘Four’ by Andy Jones

28/11/2019 nsford Leave a comment

The ‘four’ of the title are Sally, Alistair, Mark and Fae. The first pair have a troubled marriage, the second…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Andy Jones, books, fiction, reviews

Review of ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson

26/11/2019 nsford 7 Comments

I was looking forward to reading another book by Shirley Jackson, after enjoying The Haunting of Hill House. However, I…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Shirley Jackson

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