by Nia Beynon | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
‘Keep young and beautiful it’s your duty to be beautiful, Keep young and beautiful if you want to be loved…’ The lines of that old song had to have been written by a man. The tobacco girls liked to look their best but with the advent of war cosmetics, clothes...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Even these days, a lot of people dismiss older women. And they really shouldn’t. A lot of us still have a zest for life, a willingness to learn and an appetite for travel. Many of us have reasonable health, some disposable income and the time to take advantage of...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Cleeve Abbey and Henry VIII At historic Cleeve Abbey you can mount the ancient stairs into the monk’s dormitory, stand on the site where the monks’ latrine was situated, and enjoy the calm of the central cloister. Libby Forest and the members of the Exham on Sea...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Venice is a dream setting for many kinds of fiction, but I found the city to be utterly perfect inspiration for a romantic comedy – so perfect, that one book became two, with the second due out in early 2022. As the immortalised Venetian son (and sometime exile)...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Murano: the centuries-old industry of Venetian glassmaking has Roman and Byzantine origins, but was forcibly moved to Murano from 1291 due to the potential for fire damage to the city from the glassmaking furnaces. It has been the site of innovation in glassmaking...
