Monthly Archives: December 2009
Cranberry Sauce for beginners…
How beautiful does this look? Fresh cranberries with sugar and water ready to bring to the boil and simmer into a delicious sauce ready for the turkey on Christmas Day. Of all the Christmas foods, this one has got to … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Mum
This is for my mum who is 77 today. Happy Birthday, Mum! December The year dwindles and glows to December’s red jewel, my birth month The sky blushes, and lays its cheek on sparkling fields. Then dusk swaddles the cattle, … Continue reading
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Huddersfield Town 2 Gillingham 1
I don’t know. London one day, Huddersfield the next. How blessed am I to be able to flit from one dynamic hub of English heritage to another with such ease? Match tickets were easier to get for this game than … Continue reading
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London
I went to London yesterday. I love going to London. As soon as I set foot on that platform in King’s Cross Station I feel giddy and excited. I know I’m 54 and shouldn’t feel like a schoolkid on an … Continue reading
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Blogs
The writer and Mancunian Maven Adele Geras emailed me the other day to tell me that I had a really good write up of ‘What’s Ukrainian for Football?’ on the Bookwitch’s blog. Of course I logged on immediately and she … Continue reading
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Leeds United 2 Huddersfield Town 2
Ask any football supporter and they will tell you that there are some matches in a season that matter more than others. For a Huddersfield Town supporter, it’s when they play Leeds United. Judging by the attendance at Saturday’s match … Continue reading
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Santa’s early visit…
Although I have officially finished my school visits for the year I ran a book selling stall at John Blow Primary School’s Christmas Fair yesterday afternoon with picture book author Elizabeth Baguley. As you can see we were joined by … Continue reading
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Santa’s early visit…
Although I have officially finished my school visits for the year I ran a book selling stall at John Blow Primary School’s Christmas Fair yesterday afternoon with picture book author Elizabeth Baguley. As you can see we were joined by … Continue reading
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My favourite books of the year…
I haven’t read as many books as I should have this year but those I have read have been top notch. These are some of my favourite children’s ones: The Death Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford) A fast … Continue reading
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Nulla Dies Sine Linea
Hark at me with my little Latin quotations. OK, maybe I did pack the subject in after my mock ‘O’ level because I knew I’d do pants in the final exam but I do remember a few bits. Amo-amas-amat and … Continue reading
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