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  • The Lore of the Wild

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    I am so pleased to announce my next book, an illustrated children’s non-fiction title The Lore of the Wild. This book is a dream come true for me, creating an introduction to nature folklore for children and it includes incredible illustrations by the very-talented Aitch. Here is the blurb: See nature in a whole new…

  • Book Lovers’ Quiz

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    I’ve really enjoyed writing quizzes based on my Miscellany books over the last few weeks (if you have missed them you can try my museum quiz here and my library quiz here) so for my final foray please find my book lovers’ quiz! The answers are here in a separate post. Do let me know…

  • Book Lovers’ Quiz — Answers

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    Here are the answers to my book lovers’ quiz (if you have not had a go yet you can see the questions here). Let me know how you got on! 1. Real name                                                      nom de plume Stephen King                                                     Richard Bachman Anton Chekhov                                                Man Without a Spleen Mary Ann Evans                                               George Eliot William Sydney Porter                                   O.…

  • Library quiz

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    Welcome to my library quiz! It’s packed full of fun library facts from my book A Library Miscellany, do have a go and let me know how you get on. Answers in a separate post here (no cheating!). 1. Which is the biggest library in the world by number of items in its collection? a)…

  • Library Quiz — Answers

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    Here are the answers to my library quiz (if you haven’t had a go yet please click here). 1. c) The Library of Congress. As of 2017 the Library of Congress in Washington DC had 162 million items in its collection. The British Library is second in the list with 150 million items. 2. Glasgow…

  • Museum Quiz

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    I thought that seeing as under lockdown all our favourite museums and galleries around the world are closed we could do with some museum-related fun. So I’ve created a quiz based on some of the fascinating information in my book A Museum Miscellany. Do dive in and give it a go, answers to follow in…

  • Museum Quiz — Answers

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    Hopefully you are reading this page because you have already had a go at my museum quiz, if not, no cheating now, click here to try the quiz. 1.  b) The Louvres has held the top spot of most visited museums for a number of years with a peak of 9.3 million visitors in 2015.…

  • How to be a Good Hostess: 1950s manual

    How to be a Good Hostess: 1950s manual

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    After writing How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice I have become somewhat of a magpie for seeking out old fashioned manuals and books of instruction, so imagine my delight when my lovely cousin sent me this book entitled ‘How to be a Good Hostess’. It is full of some fantastic gems…

  • Bygone objects and terms from How to Skin a Lion

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      In my last blog I discussed some of the bygone ingredients referenced in How to Skin a Lion, this time I am going to look at some of the bygone objects or terms, most of which have now disappeared from common use. Wikiup (in how to pan for gold) A wikiup is a simple…

  • Bygone ingredients in How to Skin a Lion

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      While writing and researching How to Skin a Lion I came across a number of bygone ingredients I had never heard of. I researched these obscure ingredients to find out what they were and where they came from so I could provide explanatory footnotes. Some of them are still in use but others have…