The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Friday, 30 January 2015

There Will Be No New Books....

I am the first to admit that volunteering in an Oxfam Book Shop is not necessarily the best of activities for someone who has resolved that ...

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Camiknickers and Evening Dresses...

Singing in the bath... Greer Garson starred in Julia Misbehaves, a film of the book which, apparently, altered the story considerably....

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

A Historical Who-Dunnit!

Way back in the summer when I was staying in Plymouth to kitten sit for my Elder Daughter I was intrigued by the sight of piles of book...

Monday, 5 January 2015

Short Story Sunday - on Monday!

‘There’s a man,’ Alice said. ‘She’s with a man.’ She scrubbed the bus window with a bunched-up brown glove. May sat down heavily beside he...

Thursday, 1 January 2015

New Year, Resolutions and an Arthurian Sword

It's New Year's Day... And here is the Wart, on New Year's Day, pulling the Sword from the Stone in the Disney cartoon of the...

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