Stirring it up: Christmas cookbooks

Christmas cooking is so easy in this household. We celebrate Christmas Eve, as does most of Europe, and while Poland … More

Words on Wednesday

Well, it has been a busy day, with Pilates, packing and pottering down memory lane. The day began with tea … More

The Christmas tree is such a symbol of this time of year, that it is hard for me at least … More

The team that brings you What’s On Your Bookshelf each month, Deb, Donna, Sue and Jo are hosting a special seasonal link-up – Festive … More

Have you ever had a Proustian moment? That brief ‘taste memory’ based on the childhood memories that come to the … More

Dear Peter So, you decided to leave us. The time had obviously come for you to go. Always contrary, sometimes … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would say how nice it is to catch up in … More

The other day, I was talking to a colleague about, would you believe, lecturers who had inspired us when we … More

And so we moved on to the last two stops on our European trip – Glasgow and Edinburgh. I’m from … More

From Stockholm, we moved south to Copenhagen, a city I lived in for eight and a half years. It is … More