So here we go on the blog journey that’s going to retrace some of the steps I took in St. Andrews way back in the 1970s (there, that’s out of the way) and maybe adding a couple of more recent finds. A could be for so many things, Academic Dress, Academic families, or Aien (the … Continue reading A is for …
St. Andrews, clinging to the edge of the Fife coast, is an oddity in so many ways. With a skyline to die for and a wind you just want to avoid, it’s overrun for most of the year by students and for the rest of the time by those who come to worship at the mecca of golf. And yet despite … Continue reading An Alumnus Chronicle
Picking up The Stone Gallows by C. David Ingram (Myrmidon, 2009) I wasn’t at all sure this was going to be my cup of tea. I don’t as a rule read crime, and although I make an exception for Rebus (mainly because Rankin’s voice resonates with me on some deep level) I’m finding I’ve started to lose interest in the … Continue reading The Stone Gallows
Is it a cake, is it a pudding? I’m no great shakes at baking but a few months ago I found this recipe. It sounded so easy I tried it straight away and it turned out perfectly. Yesterday, being relieved of the usual cooking duties, I did it again to share with some other Mums and it … Continue reading Sure fire recipe
An interesting coincidence this week – or was it? On Wednesday, thanks to Twitter I picked up an interesting post on Vanessa Gebbie’s blog about the visual impact of fiction, i.e. how layout and typography influence our perception (and enjoyment) of what we read. This works at different levels, from the appearance of the page – ratio of white … Continue reading Small but perfectly formed
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