(but it might be a good idea)
Firstly, I got Wham'd on waking up this morning, Gold Radio decided to inflict #Whamageddon on anybody listening at 8.30 am. Sneaky. Right after the news headlines.
But secondly and more sinisterly, I am becoming worried about the Christmas trees outside the pub on the corner of the main road. Of previous years there ( Read more... )

Sort of.
Yesterday I was taken on a delightful excursion in Gatineau Park, courtesy of
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Replanting the Angel Oak
A permanent, performative artwork sited on Peckham Rye to revive William Blake's creative vision from the margins ( Read more... )

Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA: Say Yes To Gay YA By Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith (should anyone in my circles not have seen this already).

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Help tip the balance in favour of honest, sensible recommendations for the future of our forests: add your name to the petition now ( Read more... )

Thinking (for some reason) of experiences of heart-lifting beauty in circumstances that were less than ideal.

There was, of course, the lapwings on Lundy thing. This was on a really badly thought-through holiday in the West Country in a campervan in April at about the midpoint of the Slow Motion Train Wreck relationship. The weather was cold, ( Read more... )

More whingeing about public libraries: have finally cracked and zapped off an email pointing out that what we want in public libraries is what isn't on the shelves in Waterstones, however the only way to acquire books in this category is to purchase ex-library stock copies via www.bookfinder.com.

Zoe Williams, The psychology of debt favours the ( Read more... )