Bedfordshire
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Can you have a pleasant but misguided protagonist in a Murder Mystery?
I read a great deal of crime, although my choice of reading is an eclectic mix, including historical fiction, humour and even romance to a lesser degree. I prefer romance as a part of life rather than per se. Sometimes I find the harsh world in much crime fiction difficult to read; the graphic, gory…
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I was looking for some positive news about libraries, since we are still awaiting the go-ahead from Fife Council for our community run library in Kinghorn. Lo and Behold it came from my old haunting ground – Bedford!
The following guest post has been received from Bedford Creative Arts. The post highlights how libraries and arts can collaborate successfully and provide a powerful and positive experience for users. Library as Laboratory – How can Libraries exist in the future? Bedford Creative Arts has been exploring new ways that libraries can evolve for the…
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A New Beginning ~ A New Chair
It has taken me all of fifteen months to finally get around to buying a proper computer chair since moving to Fife. I’ve been managing on a wooden kitchen chair which is hardly conducive for sitting at a computer screen for very long. I’ve had fun playing with the height and tilt this morning! I began…
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We will remember them
For anyone who has family members who fought in The Somme I can recommend a trip to northern France at this time, the 100th anniversary, to show respect and give thanks for the contribution of so many men who gave their lives to try to keep us free from tyranny. Having walked along small country…
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New paperback cover available for bookshops
Celebrating new book cover which will be familiar to many of you as the kindle book cover used since publication of Murder, Now and Then:
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@LoveBedford @MannersPR … and The Swan Hotel – Thank you!
@LoveBedford does so much to promote life and businesses in the county town on Bedford, a middle England market town which lies on the River Ouse, adding to its character and charm. It is a town full of many cultures and is allegedly the perfect place for people from numerous backgrounds to live, since they…
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The Ampthill Writers’ Group – A big thank you!
The idea for the Ampthill Writer’s Group was conceived by myself and @adamcroft at his booksigning in Horatio’s, one of the many indie bookshops which sadly died during the recession. Originally it was known as The Albion Writers because we met in the back room of the wonderful pub in Ampthill, The Albion, in the…