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The CWA Gold Dagger Awards

‘I adore quarrels in other people’s houses.  One has the vicarious excitement with no anxiety about one’s crockery.’ (Winston Graham, The Little Walls) I enjoy crime fiction, and, over the years, have discovered some favourite authors through the CWA Gold…
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May 21, 2017
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Karen Knorr

Cover Image © Karen Knorr Some years ago, I was mooching through a second-hand bookshop when I came across Marks of Distinction by Karen Knorr. It was so different from any other photography book I’d seen, that I was at…
Del
May 16, 2017
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An Unwanted Apiarium

I’ve never been very fond of bees.  They sting.  I have vivid childhood memories of swollen limbs as a result of getting too close to them.  So I was somewhat perturbed when I turned up at the cottage last week…
Del
May 14, 2017
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A is for …

A is for Apotheke, B is for Bugs, C is for Chill and D is for Drugs The influenza A to Z wiped out the A to Z challenge, but there's always next month ...
Del
April 27, 2017
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G is for Grey and for Goose

As the self-appointed bartender  (or mixologist, as I believe the cocktail makers and shakers are known in modern parlance) of our cabin at #CampNaNoWriMo, it is my duty to my fellow cabin-mates to find new concoctions.  I have news for…
Del
April 8, 2017
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E is for Eiffel Tower and Editing

I wanted to continue to promote Remembrance of Things Passed, but struggling to do that with the letter E, although E is for Eggs and there are some eggs in the show, but it’s not my picture, so we’ll have…
Del
April 6, 2017
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D is for Do …

... Drop In. I’m invigilating at the Magic Gallery tomorrow (11.00 to 6.00) – do drop in and see our fabulous show (she says modestly) if you’re in London. Remembrance of Things Passed A Mixed Bag Exhibition curated by Cheryl…
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April 5, 2017
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C is for Chap and for Canapes

If he were still alive, Chap would have been ninety today.  We’re celebrating his life this evening with the opening of our small exhibition Remembrance of Things Passed. I have surpassed myself on the canape front – cheese and pineapple…
Del
April 4, 2017
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Camp is very entertaining

My amazing sister-in-law, Wilcey, is packing her bags ready to go to Costa Rica where she’s going to walk miles through treacherous conditions whilst raising money for MacMillan (her donation page is here).  It sounds pretty serious stuff with poisonous…
Del
March 29, 2017
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Former Owners

“It looks too new and pristine ever to have been read by anyone else, but it has been: it keeps falling open at the most delightful places as the ghost of its former owner points me to things I've never…
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March 16, 2017
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High heels etc

'Keep your heels, head and standards high' (Coco Chanel) ok, so CC isn't an author, but I'm not sure I stated anywhere that the quotes would be solely literary ... I spotted this shop window in Mayfair, oh how to…
Del
March 9, 2017
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Stupidity

“You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.” This is more of a prompt to me as a reminder to re-read Nevile Shute.  Slightly old fashioned and not very politically correct, but…
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March 5, 2017
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Neglected Gardens

‘Gardens in this estate all neglected.’  The gardens in question were those of the Welly Estate in Wigan, but George Orwell could well have been writing about various pockets of Chelsea.  This year, I’ve noticed a significant increase in the…
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March 4, 2017
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Have some wine …

One of the joys of spreading my social media wings is finding entertaining participatory threads and one of my favourites is #authorconfession a series of questions each month, one a day, for us authors to ‘fess up. Now I don’t…
Del
March 3, 2017