The Poison Keeper by Deborah Swift – review
I was completely swept away into the shadowy and dangerous world of Giulia Tofano in Renaissance Italy.
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A Stitch in Time – the history of sewing machines
My mother taught me to use a sewing machine when I was eight years old and I began to make my own clothes straight away. At first I used my grandmother’s treadle Singer and when I was ten my mother gave me her ornate but ancient hand-cranked Singer.
Medieval Gardens – Carol McGrath – Guest Author
Carol McGrath is my guest author today, writing here about medieval gardens.
One Year On
I’m writing this post on the 23rdMarch 2021, the anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown in the UK, and reflecting on the changes it made to my writing life.
The Edwardian era – a ‘Gilded Age’?
The term Edwardian era or the ‘Gilded Age’ is often extended to 1914 when that time of peace and prosperity, for the few at least, was shattered by the cataclysm of WWI.