Jamie Oliver has just put cooked grapes and cheese into a Yorkshire pudding and this is what’s wrong with Britain. I’m absolutely raging. How very bloody dare he.
Anna Mansell
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Writer of books some people have read and TV nobody’s seen. Also theatre. And lists. Cold water swimmer. Mouth of a northern trucker. Fundamentally flawed.
Peak District. Yorkshire. Kernow. London.
Apparently, a Dyson Sphere could bring humans back from the dead… me mother would be fucking furious!! Come back!? To this?! She’d ground me for eternity. End of!
When we first adopted our Romanian rescue, he was clueless as to how to be a writers dog. 12 months on and he’s got the hang of it now.
Julie (Mae) CohenHere's a fun #memoir #nonfiction #writing exercise I did with my undergraduates yesterday:
Think about your first crush: on a person, on a celebrity, on a fictional character, on an idea. On 5 or 6 Post-its, write a few facts: how it started, memorable incidents/objects/feelings, how it ended.
Then, play. Rearrange these Post-its into different orders. What's the best way to tell this story? Does mixing up the order change anything?
Write the story of your crush, non-chronologically.
We have a little spoon in our spoon drawer. It’s not like all the others and I don’t know where it came from. It has a little thumb sized groove on the end and is particularly pleasing to use with my little pot of chocolate mousse. Yes, I’m middle aged. How did you tell?
Also got piss wet through taking Henry for a walk and he was furious about it. Has barely spoken to me all day. How very dare I try and get him out in the fresh air when it’s inclement.
I’m researching. Got a cheeky 5 min survey monkey about ambition. Would love it if anyone fancies completing it for me… https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DDJXFCW
I’ve just had a crisp sandwich and is there anything better than a crisp sandwich? I just don’t think there is.
This dufus was so happy to have a cuddle. After a day serving wealthy people with seemingly limitless budgets, (me, not him) his unwavering love is welcome.