Sunday 5 November 2017

That's Christmas: A very special Christmas gift from McLaggan

That's Christmas: A very special Christmas gift from McLaggan: McLaggan have been making beautiful bespoke mugs since the year 1974,  that's 43 years of happy, contented customers! Ideal for the ...

Sunday 4 June 2017

The Wind on His Back

The Wind on His Back is a collection of short stories by author Mary Alexander.

They are six of the most perfect short stories that I have read in a considerable period of time.

They are filled with a wide variety of emotions, with a range of characters that are either appealing or appalling.

We read of divorce, of love lost due to an unexpected but fatal illness, angst, heartbreak, fear, loss tragedy and loneliness.

The stories are very short, but this is because Mary Alexander has a deft command of the English language and does not waste her words, yet each character in the stories is so fully drawn that the reader knows them intimately, even though, in some instances, the reader would be glad to know that they do not have that character in either their close circle of friends or their immediate family!

I am not going to reveal the details of each of the stories, but I do recommend them to the fans of this particular genre.

It is published by Matador at £8.99 and is available for purchase here https://goo.gl/wdCFDG.


Saturday 3 June 2017

Thursday 18 May 2017

That's Christmas: The Mathmos Neo. The latest word in lava lamps

That's Christmas: The Mathmos Neo. The latest word in lava lamps: Stress and mental health issues are written about and published throughout the world. Each one mentioning the value of relaxation and th...

That's Christmas: The Simplex handmade tea kettle

That's Christmas: The Simplex handmade tea kettle: It has been said that nostalgia has no place in the present and certainly there is no future in it! How wrong this is! We made this di...

That's Christmas: The Simplex handmade tea kettle

That's Christmas: The Simplex handmade tea kettle: It has been said that nostalgia has no place in the present and certainly there is no future in it! How wrong this is! We made this di...

Saturday 1 April 2017