Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Friday, 15 January 2021
Saturday, 19 December 2020
Val McDermid at Lindum Books
The Queen of Crime and master of the dark and sinister story (it says here), Val McDermid joins us for our Christmas finale event of 2020 with a collection of atmospheric and chilling short stories ‘Christmas is Murder', a fabulous festive treat featuring classic tales alongside exclusive, never-before-seen material.
From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered beneath a silver birch tree, to an author who is haunted by the spiteful presence of a jealous writing partner, the characters McDermid conjures are enigmatic and dangerous, never above suspicion. Follow Tony Hill and Carol Jordan as they track a deadly killer who is preparing to strike on Christmas Day, and lose yourself in a festive exclusive - a recently unearthed case for a classic detective duo, set as the lights are going out across Europe.
Brilliant evening watching Tim interview Val via Teams. Always full of inspiration.
My name on the same screen as Val McDermid. It's a dream.......xxx
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Thursday, 5 November 2020
Gas Leak...
It's been a bit of a nuisance, working from home. The noise has been awful - and just outside where my computer is located!
Friday, 23 October 2020
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Well Done Robert!
A little jealous. Until recently Robert worked with me (in an office!). I wish him all the best!!
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Thursday 9th April 2020 (Pinched from FaceBook)
Just so WE NEVER forget..... Thursday 9th April 2020 🗓
Prime Minister Boris Johnson started lockdown on the evening of 23rd of March 2020 🚫
On the 5th April he was admitted to hospital after 10 days self isolating with the Corona Virus 🧪
On the 6th April he is in intensive care with deteriorating symptoms 🩺
The Queen addressed the nation at 8pm on 5th April 👑
Excel now known as NHS Nightingale and will be a hospital for up to 4,000 patients, most of whom are on ventilators. Similar venues being used in cities across the country. Opened by Prince Charles at 11am on 3rd April 🏥
Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community 🧓🏻👴🏻
Petrol ⛽️ price close to home 🏡 was £1.02.
Schools closed on Friday 20 March. 🏫Remote learning in place 🎓
Self-distancing measures required ☹️
Tape on the floors at grocery stores ❌ and others to help distance shoppers 🛒 (2 mtrs) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors 🏬
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed 🚫 People who can work 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻 from home 🏡
Parks 🏕 trails, entire cities 🏢 closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble.
Entire sports ⚽️ 🏉 🎾 seasons cancelled.
Olympics postponed to 2021. 🔵🟡⚫🟢🔴
Concerts 🎫 tours 🚌 festivals 🤹🏻 entertainment events 🎭 cancelled 🚫
Weddings 👰🏼🤵🏻 family celebrations 🥳 holiday gatherings 👨👩👦👦 even funerals ⚰️ cancelled 🚫
No masses, churches ⛪️ are closed 🚫
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home bubble ⚗️
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now 🎬
Children's outdoor play parks are closed 🎡
We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks 😷 gowns 🥼 gloves 🧤 for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill 🤒 in many parts of the world.
Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA 🇺🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Spain 🇪🇸 China 🇨🇳 and more.
Panic buying 🛒 sets in and we have limits on toilet paper 🧻 disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods 🥗 hand sanitizer 🧴 Flour is hard to get because the packaging comes from China 🇨🇳 and borders are closed 🚧
Manufacturers 🏭 distilleries and other businesses 🏢 switch their lines to help make visors, masks 😷 hand sanitizer 🧴 and PPE 🧤
Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules 🤑
Stadiums 🏟 and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 🦠 patients.
Public Park 🏕 areas turned into caravan parks for stranded tourists to self isolate 🚐
Press conferences daily from the PM 👱♂️ and other government 🏛 officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths ⚰️
Government 🏛 incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads 🛣
People wearing masks 😷 and gloves outside 🧤
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work 👮🏻 👩🏻⚕️ 👲🏻
Medical field workers 👩🏻⚕️ are afraid to go home to their families 👨👧👦
45526 deaths globally so far.
This is the Novel Coronavirus 🦠 (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.
One day it will show up in my memory 💭 feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted 💕
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Working From Home
My current set up...….and my co-workers trying to behave so I can get some work done!!
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Book Week Dress Up
As it is Book Week, today Jamie's school had a dress up day relating to fairytales and old stories. Jamie chose to dress up as Robin Hood and took along his Robin Hood LadyBird Book with him.....
Friday, 31 January 2020
Monday, 16 December 2019
Gun / Dan Reed Network / FM
Managed to make it out of the house tonight to see three bands who released their albums 30 years ago. No, I didn't think I was old enough either!!
Luckily (as it was a school night!) our 2 favourite bands played first - GUN - who I first saw approx. 30 years ago at The Duchess of York pub in Leeds (now closed). These were followed by The Dan Reed Network who, I am sad to say, I never got a chance to see previously.
We stayed for a couple of songs from FM, but they were always a bit too Americana Rock for me (if you understand what I am mean!?). I did used to have a boyfriend who was MAD about them and I have seen then a number of times, so we decided to disappear. As we walked around the back of Rock City, who should we meet but Dan Reed. I was rather star struck and had no idea what to say. I may have embarrassed myself a little bit, but me and Ann were screaming most of the way home!!
Luckily (as it was a school night!) our 2 favourite bands played first - GUN - who I first saw approx. 30 years ago at The Duchess of York pub in Leeds (now closed). These were followed by The Dan Reed Network who, I am sad to say, I never got a chance to see previously.We stayed for a couple of songs from FM, but they were always a bit too Americana Rock for me (if you understand what I am mean!?). I did used to have a boyfriend who was MAD about them and I have seen then a number of times, so we decided to disappear. As we walked around the back of Rock City, who should we meet but Dan Reed. I was rather star struck and had no idea what to say. I may have embarrassed myself a little bit, but me and Ann were screaming most of the way home!!
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Images of Blakeney 2019
Sometimes its just nice to go somewhere you know. Less hassle, less brain work, more time just to relax with friends and family. We had some gorgeous weather...
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Scarborough 2019
We had such a fantastic time last year that we decided to go back again. Even had some time to try some 'Arty' shots.....
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Happy World Book Day!!
My son off to school as YouTuber DanTDM who has also written a book...
I did my bit and bought some books for him at the Book Fair after school. Jamie (like his mum) loves a good book. I worry he watches too much YouTube and plays too much Fortnite, but I can honestly say that he does like his books. And this helps him with his school work.
I did my bit and bought some books for him at the Book Fair after school. Jamie (like his mum) loves a good book. I worry he watches too much YouTube and plays too much Fortnite, but I can honestly say that he does like his books. And this helps him with his school work.
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Hallie Rubenhold - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Five devastating human stories and
a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London. By drawing upon a wealth of
formerly unseen archival material and adding a full historical context to the
victims' lives ‘The Five’ promises to change the narrative of these murders
forever. Hallie Rubenhold is a social historian who has worked as a curator for
the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her books include
‘Lady Worsley's Whim’, dramatized by the BBC as The Scandalous Lady W.
However, all the women could be referred to as having; 'stepped off the path of virtue', with regards to the Victorian social class system. There was no well paid women's work. If women were homeless, not living in the matrimonial home, alcoholic or living in a rescue home, they were seen as 'fallen women' and therefore sexually corrupt. The only place for sexual knowledge was within marriage. Anything else was outside of 'respectable society'. Any fall from grace for a woman was seen as deeply sinful. The murders were used to highlight to Victorian society that this is what happens when you are not respectable! It was almost felt they got what they deserved.
I was amazed to learn that four of the victims died in their 40's. One was 25. Most were married or had been married and had children.
When the audience were asked for questions, someone did ask who she though Jack really was. However, Hallie stated she didn't care who he was. She went onto say that we almost certainly will never know for sure, but she believes he wasn't a toff, as it would have been difficult to attack these women without standing out. She states that in the book she was careful not to glorify Jack, but to honour his victims by talking about them as human, as opposed to just prostitutes as has the case been previously.
Hallie stated that she researched many items in her quest to humanise the victims of Jack the Ripper, such as the reports of the inquests held, and newspaper reports, but she was careful to double check all facts as some sources contradicted others. She said she felt like a detective looking for clues. She was able to find information on the items these women left behind. They show who the victims were and the (sad) shadow outline of their existence.
If you look closely at the book in the photograph, you will see that the cover is actually smaller than the book itself. This encourages you to look beneath the cover, where all the names of the victims are written on the book itself.
What's next for Hallie? An historical true crime story from a female perspective. Looking at the impact of crime and how it affects people.
See her website at: https://www.hallierubenhold.com/
Social Historian, Hallie Rubenhold, gave a very interesting talk. She tells the stories of the five women (Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane) who were killed in 1888 by Jack The Ripper. The only thing they have in common is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Newspapers have always reported that he killed prostitutes, but Hallie has investigated their lives and finds out that this was not necessarily the case. The only sex worker amongst them (Mary Jane Kelly) had been a high class prostitute in the West End.
However, all the women could be referred to as having; 'stepped off the path of virtue', with regards to the Victorian social class system. There was no well paid women's work. If women were homeless, not living in the matrimonial home, alcoholic or living in a rescue home, they were seen as 'fallen women' and therefore sexually corrupt. The only place for sexual knowledge was within marriage. Anything else was outside of 'respectable society'. Any fall from grace for a woman was seen as deeply sinful. The murders were used to highlight to Victorian society that this is what happens when you are not respectable! It was almost felt they got what they deserved.
I was amazed to learn that four of the victims died in their 40's. One was 25. Most were married or had been married and had children.
When the audience were asked for questions, someone did ask who she though Jack really was. However, Hallie stated she didn't care who he was. She went onto say that we almost certainly will never know for sure, but she believes he wasn't a toff, as it would have been difficult to attack these women without standing out. She states that in the book she was careful not to glorify Jack, but to honour his victims by talking about them as human, as opposed to just prostitutes as has the case been previously.
Hallie stated that she researched many items in her quest to humanise the victims of Jack the Ripper, such as the reports of the inquests held, and newspaper reports, but she was careful to double check all facts as some sources contradicted others. She said she felt like a detective looking for clues. She was able to find information on the items these women left behind. They show who the victims were and the (sad) shadow outline of their existence.
If you look closely at the book in the photograph, you will see that the cover is actually smaller than the book itself. This encourages you to look beneath the cover, where all the names of the victims are written on the book itself.
What's next for Hallie? An historical true crime story from a female perspective. Looking at the impact of crime and how it affects people.
See her website at: https://www.hallierubenhold.com/
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