AGordon
@annetteg.bsky.social
That London bus found its way through the fog.
TV producer/director & novelist, historical fiction.
Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize shortlisted 2014 & Longlisted 2020,
Mslexia Novel Award 2019 Longlisted,
Comedy Women in Print shortlisted 2020.
TV producer/director & novelist, historical fiction.
Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize shortlisted 2014 & Longlisted 2020,
Mslexia Novel Award 2019 Longlisted,
Comedy Women in Print shortlisted 2020.
If you're into antiques, country houses not open to the public and history this is the series for you.
Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero
I was edit producer on it.
Watch the joy that is programme 1, Newburgh Priory on Monday 24th November 9pm - Really, (Discovery)
Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero
I was edit producer on it.
Watch the joy that is programme 1, Newburgh Priory on Monday 24th November 9pm - Really, (Discovery)
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you're into antiques, country houses not open to the public and history this is the series for you.
Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero
I was edit producer on it.
Watch the joy that is programme 1, Newburgh Priory on Monday 24th November 9pm - Really, (Discovery)
Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero
I was edit producer on it.
Watch the joy that is programme 1, Newburgh Priory on Monday 24th November 9pm - Really, (Discovery)
It's the big one!
The one everyone's heard of. The one most people love. The one that gets discussed most.
Pride & Prejudice
The one everyone's heard of. The one most people love. The one that gets discussed most.
Pride & Prejudice
May 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's the big one!
The one everyone's heard of. The one most people love. The one that gets discussed most.
Pride & Prejudice
The one everyone's heard of. The one most people love. The one that gets discussed most.
Pride & Prejudice
My strawberries have woken up for Spring & are wasting no time!
April 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My strawberries have woken up for Spring & are wasting no time!
My weekend read - no not Jane Austen today - but this which is wonderful.
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
April 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My weekend read - no not Jane Austen today - but this which is wonderful.
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
This is what my first paid subscriber had to say about my Substack A Year of Jane Austen
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is what my first paid subscriber had to say about my Substack A Year of Jane Austen
My Substack A Year of Jane Austen is going from strength to strength.
I'm blown away by the interest in all things Austen. I've got 96 subscribers since the beginning of Fevruary
And my first paid subscriber just signed up.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
I'm blown away by the interest in all things Austen. I've got 96 subscribers since the beginning of Fevruary
And my first paid subscriber just signed up.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
March 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My Substack A Year of Jane Austen is going from strength to strength.
I'm blown away by the interest in all things Austen. I've got 96 subscribers since the beginning of Fevruary
And my first paid subscriber just signed up.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
I'm blown away by the interest in all things Austen. I've got 96 subscribers since the beginning of Fevruary
And my first paid subscriber just signed up.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
Given the terrifying tilt the world is taking it might be time to get your bonnet in a book.
Writing my Substack: A Year of Jane Austen has been a real tonic to take my mind off Trump & the horrors of Hamas.
open.substack.com/pub/eastondr...
Writing my Substack: A Year of Jane Austen has been a real tonic to take my mind off Trump & the horrors of Hamas.
open.substack.com/pub/eastondr...
February 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Given the terrifying tilt the world is taking it might be time to get your bonnet in a book.
Writing my Substack: A Year of Jane Austen has been a real tonic to take my mind off Trump & the horrors of Hamas.
open.substack.com/pub/eastondr...
Writing my Substack: A Year of Jane Austen has been a real tonic to take my mind off Trump & the horrors of Hamas.
open.substack.com/pub/eastondr...
To read this or not to read this... though I'm no stranger to the loooong novel even so it's a commitment
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
To read this or not to read this... though I'm no stranger to the loooong novel even so it's a commitment
My weekend read was:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
This is only my 2nd time reading this particular novel. I've read the others multiple times except Emma.
Clever send up of Gothic suspense novels yet still manages to be a satisfying story in its own right.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
This is only my 2nd time reading this particular novel. I've read the others multiple times except Emma.
Clever send up of Gothic suspense novels yet still manages to be a satisfying story in its own right.
February 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My weekend read was:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
This is only my 2nd time reading this particular novel. I've read the others multiple times except Emma.
Clever send up of Gothic suspense novels yet still manages to be a satisfying story in its own right.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
This is only my 2nd time reading this particular novel. I've read the others multiple times except Emma.
Clever send up of Gothic suspense novels yet still manages to be a satisfying story in its own right.
This is superb.
My first read of 2025.
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
My first read of 2025.
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
January 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is superb.
My first read of 2025.
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
My first read of 2025.
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Success! Made my own candied peel.
Tastes great with champagne.
So now to cook with it.
Tastes great with champagne.
So now to cook with it.
December 31, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Success! Made my own candied peel.
Tastes great with champagne.
So now to cook with it.
Tastes great with champagne.
So now to cook with it.
Against all odds, the hyacinth bulbs I thought were dead are alive!
December 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Against all odds, the hyacinth bulbs I thought were dead are alive!
At the moment I'm reading The American No by Rupert Everett which I'm enjoying immensely.
Such a talented writer.
Such a talented writer.
December 12, 2024 at 11:33 AM
At the moment I'm reading The American No by Rupert Everett which I'm enjoying immensely.
Such a talented writer.
Such a talented writer.
Now the leaves have finally fallen off this Rowan which we cut back last winter, someone made use of the stump & growing whips around to make a palatial nest!
December 3, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Now the leaves have finally fallen off this Rowan which we cut back last winter, someone made use of the stump & growing whips around to make a palatial nest!
My Christmas tree went up yesterday, it's tiny & very convenient but pretty.
Here between my lemon tree & my lime tree brought inside for the winter.
Here between my lemon tree & my lime tree brought inside for the winter.
December 2, 2024 at 9:48 AM
My Christmas tree went up yesterday, it's tiny & very convenient but pretty.
Here between my lemon tree & my lime tree brought inside for the winter.
Here between my lemon tree & my lime tree brought inside for the winter.
This weekend I'm reading Strange Meeting by Susan Hill, a book I've meant to read for decades.
Devasting.
Devasting.
December 1, 2024 at 11:13 AM
This weekend I'm reading Strange Meeting by Susan Hill, a book I've meant to read for decades.
Devasting.
Devasting.
My beautiful Walnut tree, quite old & somewhat battered.
You can see from this picture which direction the sun comes up but also which direction the prevailing wind comes from.
You can see from this picture which direction the sun comes up but also which direction the prevailing wind comes from.
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM
My beautiful Walnut tree, quite old & somewhat battered.
You can see from this picture which direction the sun comes up but also which direction the prevailing wind comes from.
You can see from this picture which direction the sun comes up but also which direction the prevailing wind comes from.
Once established they are a pretty indestructible shrub tree & have stunning flowers in springtime.
Autumn foliage is also gorgeous going through a range of colours. Mine didn't this year as the weather has been weird.
Autumn foliage is also gorgeous going through a range of colours. Mine didn't this year as the weather has been weird.
November 25, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Once established they are a pretty indestructible shrub tree & have stunning flowers in springtime.
Autumn foliage is also gorgeous going through a range of colours. Mine didn't this year as the weather has been weird.
Autumn foliage is also gorgeous going through a range of colours. Mine didn't this year as the weather has been weird.
This is actually my own medlar tree which looks ancient & sprawls through three other trees it's planted with. It's been here a long time & I feel extremely lucky to have one.
In the spring it is covered with the most beautiful flowers.
In the spring it is covered with the most beautiful flowers.
November 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
This is actually my own medlar tree which looks ancient & sprawls through three other trees it's planted with. It's been here a long time & I feel extremely lucky to have one.
In the spring it is covered with the most beautiful flowers.
In the spring it is covered with the most beautiful flowers.
These are medlars
Medlar are fruit from a deciduous shrub or tree. Gorgeous flowers in springtime. It originated from Asia Minor, Turkey, Iran etc.
They taste a bit like toffee apple & pear & date.
The darker ones are ready to eat, cook with, the lighter ones are hard & need to blet.
Medlar are fruit from a deciduous shrub or tree. Gorgeous flowers in springtime. It originated from Asia Minor, Turkey, Iran etc.
They taste a bit like toffee apple & pear & date.
The darker ones are ready to eat, cook with, the lighter ones are hard & need to blet.
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 PM
These are medlars
Medlar are fruit from a deciduous shrub or tree. Gorgeous flowers in springtime. It originated from Asia Minor, Turkey, Iran etc.
They taste a bit like toffee apple & pear & date.
The darker ones are ready to eat, cook with, the lighter ones are hard & need to blet.
Medlar are fruit from a deciduous shrub or tree. Gorgeous flowers in springtime. It originated from Asia Minor, Turkey, Iran etc.
They taste a bit like toffee apple & pear & date.
The darker ones are ready to eat, cook with, the lighter ones are hard & need to blet.
I still have more medlars bletting (ripening) but the pressure is off now that I have 7 and a half jars this year.
November 25, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I still have more medlars bletting (ripening) but the pressure is off now that I have 7 and a half jars this year.
& finally, the last element of the Medlar Jelly process, delayed by snow.
Boil with sugar until set then put into jars!
I thought these might make good Xmas presents but OH is horrified!
Far too precious to give away, esp since most people have no clue what Medlar Jelly is & won't have a use for it.
Boil with sugar until set then put into jars!
I thought these might make good Xmas presents but OH is horrified!
Far too precious to give away, esp since most people have no clue what Medlar Jelly is & won't have a use for it.
November 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
& finally, the last element of the Medlar Jelly process, delayed by snow.
Boil with sugar until set then put into jars!
I thought these might make good Xmas presents but OH is horrified!
Far too precious to give away, esp since most people have no clue what Medlar Jelly is & won't have a use for it.
Boil with sugar until set then put into jars!
I thought these might make good Xmas presents but OH is horrified!
Far too precious to give away, esp since most people have no clue what Medlar Jelly is & won't have a use for it.