One of the best reasons for going to Words by the Water is that it gives work to the mind. Indeed, I typed – accidentally – ‘Worlds by the Water. As I have blogged before, Words by the Water is a ‘festival of words and ideas’. The pen is mightier than the sword, or the […]
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The Anodyne, The Bloody Circus and the Trolls
It seems that the BBC TV baking competition ‘The Great British Bake Off’ is more popular than football. It demonstrates that the skill of the artisan baker has not been lost to the food technologists and the supermarket bakery counters. The popularity of the programme must surely stem from the human love of competition – mano […]
Elizabeth Stott - to Blog or Not 