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Turtles in Chania
My niece Katie is 19 and is working for a turtle sanctuary in Chania, Crete. The Archelon project involves ‘monitoring 14 km of nesting beaches, and
Books I have Loved – Part I
There have been so many. But here are some that have stayed with me all my life. In no particular order: I, Claudius and its
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie felt familiar to me, as I have a friend just like her, and reading this book was a little like hearing about my mate’s
Creepy (True!) Story
Transvaal, South Africa, 1937: Seven years before my mother was born, my grandfather, Robert Deans, took a job in the Transvaal on a farm which
Things I Love… The Bottle Dance from Fiddler on the Roof
Whenever I’m tired, or bored, working late at night, stuck on a scene or a paragraph, this never fails to move me. Not only because
Things I Love… My Stumpery
My stumpery blooms right outside our garden gate, on a piece of wasteland that previously was choked by nettles and other weeds. What you can’t