by Claire | Apr 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
What would you do if your marriage ended? Me: Take a chance on Greek Picture the scene, your 20+ years marriage has ended and you’re shell-shocked. You imagined death being the only parting and now you’re suddenly single again, in your forties. Is it scary? Yes! Did...
by jenna | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Here is a list of five of the best books I read and one film I watched when researching Operation Berlin, my detective novel set in Berlin in 1930. By ‘best’, I mean most useful, or most entertaining, or both. The High Sheriff by Henry Wade (1937) One of my two...
by Claire | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ribbons of cucumber, gin (can use non-alcoholic if preferred), elderflower cordial and soda water blend to create a refreshing cocktail. Ingredients 25ml gin 2 ribbons of cucumber 25ml elderflower cordial Juice of 1/2 lime Topped with soda Method Add cucumber...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Here’s a guide to the wonderful local Breton food and drink you’ll discover in A French Fling for the Golden Gals. Galettes & Crêpes: Savoury buckwheat pancakes (galettes) are often filled with cheese, egg, and ham (galette complète) or sausage (saucisse) followed...
by Claire | Apr 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
For all of you who love a World War Two saga, here is a little insight into the author’s experiences of writing in this genre. I find it ironic that before I began writing the Great Western Railway Girls saga series, I thought I knew everything about my own family’s...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Yorkshire 1361. Sir Ralph de Mandeville has been appointed one of the first justices of the peace by King Edward iii and he travels bringing law to the villages and hamlets in the wapentakes of Yorkshire. Wapentakes were the administrative divisions of Yorkshire...
