24
Apr
Plotting
The more I talk and think about actually, concretely starting to write creatively, the more it feels that I'
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Blog
31
Mar
Writing
I'm going to stop being afraid of writing.
Neil Gaiman, Rainer Maria Rilke and Gustav Holst are the
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31
Mar
Conservation and change in Nidderdale
Here's the full text of an opinion piece I've drafted for the Friends of Nidderdale AONB
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01
Feb
Feminism, subjecthood and the right to desire
As an undergraduate in history of art at Cambridge, I remember struggling with the ‘feminist theory’ class. I found it
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06
Nov
A National Trust half term
I think that keeping myself and the children busy and active, doing lovely things and making lovely memories, is one
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22
Oct
Just like two women
Francis Cabrel is one of my favourite singer-songwriters, coming from the region of France where I lived for ten years.
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22
Oct
All we like sheep
Although it's poor style to start with an 'incidentally'... It was odd when I googled the
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29
Sep
Some folks' lives
One of my favourite Paul Simon songs is "Some folks' lives" and I was reminded of it
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25
Sep
Focus
It's been a while - in fact, a month to the day - since I used this blog
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25
Sep
Choirs old and new
Sadly I've decided to stop singing with the Clerkes in York, an excellent and fun chamber choir which
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