It’s October, and you know what that means, right? No. Not pumpkin spice. I’m not American. I only just figured out that pumpkin spice is actually just a spice flavour, not a pumpkin one. I spent a lot of years confused about why everyone wanted their coffee to taste like soup. But October does mean…
How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea
There’s always a lot of talk about coffee. Coffee memes, coffee jokes, coffee almost-a-joke-but-not-actually-because-I-haven’t-had-my-first-cup-yet. New techniques, new blends, new roasting methods. Which is all good. But why is no one talking about how to make that perfect cup of tea? Why are the tea-drinkers being neglected? Because, let’s be honest here – I don’t function…
Tales of Love & Woe – Winter Reid’s Powerful Fairy Tales
Okay, so I may have talked about Winter Reid’s fairy tale re-tellings in this video here, when I’d read The Lonely Crow and Rosie Waking. And I may have got a little fan-girly, and it’s entirely possible that she’s quite grateful for the ocean between us, which will probably dissuade me from turning up on her front…
How to Make a Perfect Reading Spot
The practised bookworm, it seems to me, is adept at making any environment into a perfect reading spot. On a train or aboard a plane. In the car or at a bar. With the cat or on the mat. We’ll even read in our socks, while taking tea with a fox. Us bookworms just don’t…
Farmer Giles of Ham – A Different Side to Tolkien
It may come as a surprise to hear that it took me until I was 40 to read Farmer Giles of Ham. I mean — Tolkien. Dragons. Tolkien and dragons. How did I miss this?? Honestly, I don’t know. I’m familiar with the same Tolkien I think a lot of us are – the gentle beauty…
