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...
by Claire | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
War Clouds Over Blackberry Farm is the new wartime saga from bestselling author Rosie Clarke. Lizzie is the main female lead in the first Blackberry Farm. She has red hair greenish eyes and is vivacious, likes to laugh and is a bit on the mischievous/reckless side in...
by Nia Beynon | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Cornish Midwife’s Christmas Present by Jo Bartlett Izzy dropped the copy of the Three Ports News on the table, as she hurried into the kitchen at her grandparents’ house. She hadn’t even realised she’d scooped it up with the rest of the shopping, when she’d taken...
