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Naming Day

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It was naming day on the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race yesterday and all twelve boats, their crews, family and friends, were at St Katherine’s Dock for the naming ceremonies.  I went along as the guest of Sue, the … Continue reading

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Book People II

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Almost all of us read stories of one kind or another. I know someone who reads only non-fiction, but the best of that has stories too.  Many of us write.  The art of letter writing may be dying, but the Facebook post and the blog are common, and … Continue reading

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How NOT to promote a book

I recently had a hard lesson in book promotion.  In June I placed ‘The Village; A Year in Twelve Tales’ and the three e-shorts of it into Kindle Select.  I wasn’t getting many sales from other online retailers and the stats … Continue reading

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The Museum at Lord’s

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Monday was spent in glorious sunshine at Lord’s cricket ground in St John’s Wood. The ‘all’s right with the world’ invocation of the sound of leather on willow, the greensward and the cricket whites, is over-used in my opinion, but then…. Sitting … Continue reading

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Prud’hon – Napoleon’s draughtsman

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Following swiftly on from the post about the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s major Ravilious exhibition, it is worth mentioning a small exhibition of stunning life drawings by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon which is currently running at the same Gallery. Prud’hon was draughtsman to the court … Continue reading