Travels with…

So, this week, we’re going slightly off piste. Rather than it being about a book per se it’s going to be about book locations I have visited. I’m sure this may have limited appeal to some but it really won’t take too long so do bear with. It all begins with a journey. This past …

Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh

Now, bear with me whilst it may seem that I'm starting off on a bit of a tangent (if that's even possible). By a quirk of fate I read recently a review of Paris Hilton's new Netflix series about her cooking. In a kitchen. I watched her first foray into this arena on Youtube and …

Unfinished business

In my line of work abrupt endings (aka unfinished business) are undesirable. They occur for a number of reasons not least caused by people who don’t always understand the impact of them on both student and tutor. For those unfamiliar with this term or idea an abrupt ending is when contact with a person comes …

Introducing Characters

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com I think the idea for this post started off as one thing and has turned into another. It was perhaps originally intended to address something along the lines of 'when is it too late to go into detail about a character we've met before?' Or something similarly snappy. However, …