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Did you get to Barter Books while you were in Alnwick? My spiritual home.
January 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Did you get to Barter Books while you were in Alnwick? My spiritual home.
5p at Morrisons and Lidl. You've been robbed.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
5p at Morrisons and Lidl. You've been robbed.
Went to a Magna Carta exhibition at Durham Cathedral this summer. This 'damaged copy' of the 1225 version was on display.
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Went to a Magna Carta exhibition at Durham Cathedral this summer. This 'damaged copy' of the 1225 version was on display.
No, but it should have been. Clare Coutinho, shadow climate change secretary. Nope, I'd never heard of her either.
July 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
No, but it should have been. Clare Coutinho, shadow climate change secretary. Nope, I'd never heard of her either.
Beautiful turn of phrase in the Guardian this week from John Crace, describing a UK politician."She is the original quarter wit, someone who can only dream of being a halfwit."
July 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Beautiful turn of phrase in the Guardian this week from John Crace, describing a UK politician."She is the original quarter wit, someone who can only dream of being a halfwit."
You'll need a glass of this to wash it down.
July 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
You'll need a glass of this to wash it down.
Beware the aspergillus spores released by 1902 plaster . Renovating a Victorian house, I had respiratory infections for months before they pinned down the cause.
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Beware the aspergillus spores released by 1902 plaster . Renovating a Victorian house, I had respiratory infections for months before they pinned down the cause.
One of my favourite books. For me it's a comfort blanket of a read, one to go back to if I'm feeling down.
July 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
One of my favourite books. For me it's a comfort blanket of a read, one to go back to if I'm feeling down.
Twice Brewed, and No Place are my favourites. Northumberland and Durham respectively.
July 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Twice Brewed, and No Place are my favourites. Northumberland and Durham respectively.
My favourite museum, and just love the way he designed the house to show it all off. Then bought next door as well when the collection got too big.
June 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My favourite museum, and just love the way he designed the house to show it all off. Then bought next door as well when the collection got too big.
How very dare he!
June 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How very dare he!
Beautiful photo. I would love to commit to a similar series of photos, but sunrise here was 4.42 this morning. That's just too early for me.
May 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Beautiful photo. I would love to commit to a similar series of photos, but sunrise here was 4.42 this morning. That's just too early for me.
Trinity, because it was Newton's alma mater.
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Trinity, because it was Newton's alma mater.
Rufus in Shakespeare Retold would be my response
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Rufus in Shakespeare Retold would be my response
Eat cake, then lie down.
March 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Eat cake, then lie down.
UK release date? Blitz still hasn't been released in the UK. Had to order it from the US.
March 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
UK release date? Blitz still hasn't been released in the UK. Had to order it from the US.
Also, when you opted out of receiving them last year and they email you again this year. Did they not make a note on my record? Or do they think she is miraculously back in the land of the living?
March 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also, when you opted out of receiving them last year and they email you again this year. Did they not make a note on my record? Or do they think she is miraculously back in the land of the living?
Scuttling off to pre-order. Love this series.
January 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Scuttling off to pre-order. Love this series.
Enchanted April is one of my favourite books. A comfort blanket of a book. Will try The Caravaners, could do with something funny right now.
January 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Enchanted April is one of my favourite books. A comfort blanket of a book. Will try The Caravaners, could do with something funny right now.
And just like that, it appears on my kindle... Thanks for highlighting- strangely Amazon didn't send me an email even thought it's been on my wishlist for a while. That's my weekend sorted.
January 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And just like that, it appears on my kindle... Thanks for highlighting- strangely Amazon didn't send me an email even thought it's been on my wishlist for a while. That's my weekend sorted.
1 and 2, kindle is easier for reading in bed.
December 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
1 and 2, kindle is easier for reading in bed.
I love a good map,it's one of the drawbacks reading on a kindle that I can't flick back to check the map in the middle of a chapter
December 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I love a good map,it's one of the drawbacks reading on a kindle that I can't flick back to check the map in the middle of a chapter
And indeed I did! Thank you so much for writing it.
December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
And indeed I did! Thank you so much for writing it.