Monthly Archives: February 2010
Schools’ Exhibition at Rufford Abbey
I went to a really inspiring exhibition at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire on Friday (12th Feb). The exhibition was the end result of a project involving various secondary schools who were asked to explore ideas about what their ideal new … Continue reading
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Schools’ Exhibition at Rufford Abbey
I went to a really inspiring exhibition at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire on Friday (12th Feb). The exhibition was the end result of a project involving various secondary schools who were asked to explore ideas about what their ideal new … Continue reading
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February 13th: Huddersfield Town 2 Swindon Town 2
It has reached that part of the season where teams are desperate to do one of three things: 1. gain automatic promotion (in League 1, this looks like Norwich City and Leeds United at the moment) 2. secure a place … Continue reading
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A little poem from Roger McGough
Survivor Everyday, I think about dying. About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things © Roger McGough from The Nation’s Favourite Comic Poems (BBC)
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Show don’t tell…
Meet Jenny-Jane Bayliss, coming to a bookshop near you. She’s the seventh character in my Girls FC series and one of my favourites. On the team she’s the one who gets stuck in. Fearless and determined, nothing fazes her; once … Continue reading
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Show don’t tell…
Meet Jenny-Jane Bayliss, coming to a bookshop near you. She’s the seventh character in my Girls FC series and one of my favourites. On the team she’s the one who gets stuck in. Fearless and determined, nothing fazes her; once … Continue reading
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There was only one Danny Ogle…
What do you want first, the good news or the bad news? OK, let’s do the bad news and get it over with. Another one of my titles, There’s Only One Danny Ogle, has been POOPed (put out of print). … Continue reading
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‘Pay what you like – sit where you want’
It’s an expensive ‘do’ going to a football match these days. Our tickets for the match against Leeds United (category A) on February 27th (left) have cost us £24.00 each – that’s £72 for the three of us + petrol … Continue reading
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‘Pay what you like – sit where you want’
It’s an expensive ‘do’ going to a football match these days. Our tickets for the match against Leeds United (category A) on February 27th (left) have cost us £24.00 each – that’s £72 for the three of us + petrol … Continue reading
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My week of ‘doing a JK’
It’s a hard life… All this week I have been planning the next book in my Girls FC series. Instead of sitting at my desk and drafting ideas, I’ve made it my mission to try something different this time so … Continue reading
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