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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Thursday, 28 May 2015

A Literary Map of London

Now for something completely different. This literary map of London turned up from one or other of my Facebook friends, and I think it is ...

Monday, 25 May 2015

Of Pies and Penguins...

Simple Simon met a Pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the Pieman, Let me taste your ware. Says the Pieman to Simpl...

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Swans, Snow and a Talking Mole

Edred and Elfrida walking down the street before their adventures begin. Oh Lordy, I must be getting old. Or growing up or something. T...

Saturday, 16 May 2015

Girl in the Dark

Imagine yourself forced to live in total darkness. Not the normal curtains-pulled sort of night-time darkness, but total, impenetrable bla...

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

The Gipsy in the Parlour

In the heat of a spacious August noon, in the great summer of 1870, the three famous Sylvester women waited in their parlour to receive ...

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