Book Review – January 2014 – Sallie Eden
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams Published by Portfolio, November 2013 This is described as (sort of) Scott...
DVD Review – January 2014 – Mark David Hatwood
The Way, Way Back, Starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Allison Janney directed by Jim Rash. This wonderful coming-of-age story follows 14-year-old Duncan’s summer vacation with his mother, Pam, her...
BeeMania – January 2014 – Colin Rees
This has been an unusual winter so far (though the real winter is yet to come, I suspect). The temperatures have been so mild that the bees have been flying almost continuously...
Coastwatch – January 2014 – Malcolm Craven
Ugh… That Mud Tastes Horrible! I have written before about the difference between then and now and the skills used by the ‘old timers’ which have long since disappeared. Who now, for...
Book Review – January 2014 – Sallie Eden
Star Over Bethlehem and other stories by Agatha Christie Mallowan Published by HarperCollins ebooks and in a hardback facsimile edition, November 2010 Prompted by the recent TV broadcast of the final Poirot...
The Search for Edward Bragg – January 2014 – Phil Nicholls
The Search for Edward Bragg If you’ve visited Portscatho’s Harbour Club in recent years you may have noticed a pair of large canvas prints at the far end of the bar –...
Photographic In-Sights – January 2014 – Barney Nicholls
Hello, all, I hope you’ve had a great Christmas and are looking forward to what the new year can bring you. I had some other ideas for this months article, but then...
Writers Talking – January 2014 – Sallie Eden
In this month’s Writers Talking, Sallie Eden chats to Alexandra Sore, Director of English Rose Publishing (www.englishrosebooks.co.uk) For your reading pleasure, there’s yet more variety creeping into my Writers Talking column –...
Nature Notes – January 2014 – Sarah E Vandome
You’ve celebrated Christmas, partied-in the New Year, and consumed practically your own weight in rich food and drink. What better way to shed some excess pounds than by taking a long walk...
On The Water – January 2014 – Bob Warren
It has certainly been an interesting bit of weather the last couple of weeks and it has been the turn of the windsurfers to have a bit of festive fun. Anyone visiting...