Month: June 2020
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People have been asking why I have not had a Random Rant for some time. Well the answer is simple, I did not think that this was an appropriate time to moan about trivia or things that personally irritate me when there was so much awfulness in the world. It looks as if we are…
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The weather is so beautiful at the moment that a visit to Felixstowe this weekend would have been wonderful but, alas, along with other festivals this year has had to be cancelled. We had a superb line up and the social media people have been working away and liaising with authors and have come up…
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After my first foray into what I understand is called ‘vlogging’ which I always think sounds vaguely unsavoury, I received good feedback and nice emails and messages and though it was meant to be a one off to discuss Helen’s book, I was asked to do more so I have. I am talking today about…
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Why is it during this lockdown period when I have plenty of time on my hands I do not blog more often? I intended to but then slothdom (is that a word?) overcomes me. I have been doing plenty of reading and lots to write about so I am awake early this morning and I…
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I have been faffing about uploading a video on You tube so I can insert it here on Random Jottings. During lockdown so many people have made videos that I decided I would have a go as well so here it is. I talk about Double Lives, a history of working motherhood and the author…
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I recently reviewed Laura Thompson’s biography of Agatha Christie which I had mixed feelings about, but after finishing it I wanted to tackle some of her books again. I have read all of her output several times and it is always interesting to see what other readers think are her best books, or their favourite…