Words for Wednesday…

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Last weekend, we had the pleasure of travelling to London to spend time in the company of the terribly talented, award-winning author and illustrator duo, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. They’re collaborators of some of our favourite stories, including their newest book, Jinks & O’Hare Funfair Repair. We were in fact awaiting our delivery of that…
According to Juliet, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I never cared much for the romance of roses. That is, until they actually did come to me under another name – Beards and Daisies. You see, I grew up spending Summer Sunday afternoons surrounded by exquisite, organically homegrown blooms cultivated…
If you wrote a review for anything related to Super Mario Bros or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a blog or website this year, the chances are I read it whilst Father Christmas was shopping for my three boys. Why? Because I trust the opinions of other consumers and parents more than the slick…
It’s when the weather is this hot that I’m especially grateful to be living on the South Coast of England. We have silky soft, sandy beaches to spend the day lay on [or chasing children on], hand dipped, home farmed ice creams to dine on and lush, breezy meadow walks to cherish on lazy Sunday…
Shhhh….. It’s naptime. I love pyjamas – the boys have an overflowing trunk in their bedroom that we refer to as the pyjama box. I put in in their bedroom so that at night they would be able to pick their own sleepwear and help with the bedtime routine. The trouble is, it’s full of…
If you ask Lyoto what his favourite review item has been this year, he gets very serious and tells you in no uncertain terms that it’s the HP Chromebook 14 from AO.com. A Chromebook. He knows all about them, but me, I had absolutely no idea what the difference was between a laptop and a…