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When Switzerland came to Hampshire

June 7, 2010, No comments

Last Friday there was a corner of deepest Hampshire that became an honorary part of Switzerland, at least for a couple of...

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What a difference a day makes.

June 2, 2010, 4 Comments

Tuesday 1 June has been a red letter day in my diary for a very long time, marked as my last day...

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Swiss typing school from A to Z, or maybe Y

May 26, 2010, 10 Comments

I’m not a touch-typist; when I’m writing, I usually have to look at the keys rather than the screen. But after years...

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The day I sold my baby for the first time

May 22, 2010, 2 Comments

How does it feel to sell your baby to strangers? Anyone overhearing that question from a colleague yesterday must have thought we...

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This post will change your life, or maybe mine.

May 18, 2010, 2 Comments

The thing about working in a bookshop, especially an English Bookshop in a non-English-speaking country, is that you get to know your...

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Swiss B&B refuses to let a gay couple stay

March 22, 2010, 2 Comments

What a difference a verb makes! There was a story on BBC Online yesterday about a gay couple who had booked a...

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In 100 days will the world be different?

March 5, 2010, No comments

Three months and a week doesn’t sound like a momentous time-frame until you rephrase it to be 100 days. Ever since President...

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All you need to know about writers’ conferences

February 18, 2010, No comments

What exactly goes on at a writers’ conference? If you’ve never been to one, it can seem rather daunting: will everyone be...

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From first line to last word

February 5, 2010, No comments

Two years ago I went to Geneva for my first writers’ conference for two days of workshops, brainstorming, networking and chatting. In...

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