by Nia Beynon | Nov 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Many of the characters in this Arsenic at Ascot were inspired by real people. Emilie Augusta Louise Lind af Hageby, known as Lizzy Lind, was a Swedish-born animal activist who founded the Purple Cross for horses and started the first veterinary field hospitals for...
by Claire | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m delighted that one of my lovely readers, and most loyal of supporters, is joining me on release day of Welcome to the Cornish Country Hospital, to tell us all about a day in the life of a student nurse, in beautiful Cornwall – Jo Bartlett Over to you Tegan!...
by Claire | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Gwen’s Easy Blackberry Ice-Cream Recipe from Welcome To The Cornish Country Hospital Ingredients 300g of freshly picked or frozen blackberries 300ml of double cream One small can of condensed milk Half a teaspoon of cinnamon (ground) One teaspoon of vanilla extract...
by Claire | Nov 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Flicking through her wardrobe Gwen paused. Keeping one of her midwifery uniforms had felt like the right thing to do, after all it represented over forty-five years of her life. But now, as her fingers grazed the material, so familiar it almost felt like a second...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ten years ago, my husband Haydn took me to the most amazing hotel, Wrea Head Hall in Scalby near Scarborough, for my birthday (which is at Christmas). I still vividly remember walking in through the big, old, Victorian entrance doors and feeling as though I’d...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was inspired to write The Tuscan Orphan when a friend told me about how his parents met for the first time in northern Italy when his mother was with the American Army Nurse Corps and that she’d looked after a group of orphans in the immediate aftermath of the...
