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I’ve been tagged for the Next Big Thing…

It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I’ve been tagged by the rather charming Debra Brown, author of The Companion of Lady Holmeshire, in a blog game called The Next Big Thing....

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The Lion at Bay…

Let’s be totally clear here.  I am an absolute fool for beautiful language. Actually, I go well beyond “fool”.  Indeed, it might be more accurate to describe me as careering into abject devotion...

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The inimitable Georgette Heyer…

It would seem I’ve been procrastinating…but that’s not actually the case. What is the case is that I’ve got so much on my plate that any multi-tasking capabilities I may have possessed have run for the...

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A short story…

This was written by a 13-year old of my acquaintance, and I thought it was rather fabulous and wanted to share it.  I trust you’ll enjoy it as I did. Princess of the Flames I knew that he had no idea...

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That old chestnut?

The one about a picture being worth ten thousand words? Well, I’ve been thinking about it a great deal over the last several days, and I’m bound to say, I think it’s rubbish. Take la Joconde for...

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Castles, Customs, and Kings…

I may have the reputation of being a walking encyclopaedia, but I can assure you, there are shed-loads of things about which I know nothing. Quantum physics for example.  Well, I can spell it.  But...

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The Latest on an Austentastic film…

I was about to grumble, you know. About to start out, “Bloggetty, bloggetty, blog blog blog…”  (In fact I had written those very words…) Because I’m at a kind of stage of deep research into the events...

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My Journey with Jane Austen…

Over the last little while, I have got to know a rather splendid person, one I’ve come to admire immensely.  Her name is Sue Pomeroy and she’s the director of a film-to-be about Jane Austen… You know,...

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Literary Credo…

Sometime ago, I attended a rather fascinating exhibition on the work of J.M.W Turner, called Turner and the Masters at the Tate Gallery in London. Of course, I loved it.  Yes, I admit it, I’m a...

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Meet a Main Character

When I first became enamoured of early 19th century Britain, I had only one novel in mind.  Who can think beyond that, honestly? And then I had this cunning plan for four novels with each focusing on...

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