by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2018 | Gogglebox, Movies, Nostalgia |
Having lived in the historic county of Nottinghamshire for most of my life, and now living close to the edge of what remains of Sherwood Forest, it’s perhaps inevitable that I’m drawn to tales of Robin Hood. A few years ago, Russell Crowe took on the role in a film...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 1, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Movies |
If you missed the post that got us to this point, click here. Having decided to take the opportunity to obtain a signed copy of Forever And A Day, we waited for the long queue to gradually work its way down before joining it. I’d guess around 20 minutes passed as we...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 27, 2018 | Literary Festivals |
If you missed the post about our first event at Henley, click here. We were early for our next event, but so was everyone else and they were queueing down the street. An effect of my partner’s back problem is that she can only stand for a short period of time before...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 24, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
If you missed the post about the Marlborough Literary Festival and feel you’ve missed out, click here. We’d been to the Marlborough Festival on a Saturday. The events we’d booked at Henley were on the Wednesday, our first at 4:30, so there was no rush to get there....
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 21, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
Because neither my partner nor I had been to a literary festival before, we didn’t know how our time would be spent, so it made sense to check the programme and pick out specific events to attend. When I ran through them, though, there weren’t many that appealed to...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 17, 2018 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
In truth, it’s been a while since I went to a festival (a couple of months now), but a few things have been buzzing around my head and I felt I needed to share them. I’d never been to a literary festival before. Not that I can recall, anyway, which seems like madness...
