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Review of ‘Mail Obsession: A Journey Round Britain by Postcode’ by Mark Mason

07/03/2019 nsford 5 Comments

What does the Queen keep in her handbag? Who invented windsurfing? What was Operation Pluto? And what treasures can be…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Mark Mason, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘Women in Sport: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win’ by Rachel Ignotofsky

20/12/2018 nsford 10 Comments

We often hear negative things in the media about women in sport – unequal pay, lack of coverage on TV,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's non-fiction, history, non-fiction, Rachel Ignotofsky, reviews, sport

Review of ‘In Miniature’ by Simon Garfield

17/10/2018 nsford 6 Comments

This is my favourite kind of non-fiction book! I’d previously read two of Simon Garfield’s other books, To the Letter:…

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

Review of ‘Aunt Branwell and the Brontë Legacy’ by Nick Holland

30/09/2018 nsford 2 Comments

Are you a Brontë fan? Do you already know a little about them and want to find out more? Then…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, history, non-fiction, reviews

‘I have triumphed / Fought the advancing centuries and won.’

07/09/2018 nsford Leave a comment

I wrote this poem last year for a competition. You had to write about an attraction in the Newark and…

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Posted in: Poetry, Writing Filed under: history, poetry, writing

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