by Liz | Jun 7, 2024 | Writing
I’d very much like to welcome Charlotte Betts as my guest author today. Her latest book, The Italian Garden, is set on the shores of beautiful Lake Como. Nestled in the picturesque Lombardy region of northern Italy, Lake Como is renowned for its stunning...
by Liz | Jun 6, 2023 | Writing
I’m delighted to welcome to my blog for the first time, author Lee Kaiser. Lee has written a really interesting account of her travels some years ago in Tibet, which inspired her debut novel, Sutra of the Pearl. This part of the world is close to my heart, and I...
by admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Writing
While there’s always a sense of excitement at the start of a new year, at the same time, there’s a tendency towards nostalgia for the year that’s just passed. I decided that in my first blog of 2020, I’d indulge my nostalgia and look back at...
by admin | Aug 4, 2019 | Writing
A writer without any curiosity is like a lock without a key. Our curiosity about the world around us, about the people we encounter, both those we know and those we don’t, about what might simmer beneath the surface of what we’re told, of what we read, of what we can...
by admin | Apr 28, 2018 | Writing
On Thursday, 26th April, the City of Oxford, plus a host of the many friends he’d made over the years, said a moving goodbye to Colin Dexter, O.B.E, creator of the memorable character of Inspector Morse. The Memorial Service was held in the beautiful Christ...
by Liz | May 28, 2017 | Writing
Twice a year – once in the summer and once in the winter – RNA members and friends gather together in the Royal Overseas League in Park Place, off St. James Street, in order to party, and party the RNA certainly does in style! This year’s Summer...
