Sad news to wake up to this morning.
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
#AWW2017 – non-fiction – six reviews
In which the author finally gets around to blogging about, and reviewing for, #AWW2017.
Otterday! And Open Thread
Hello! I had a sudden urge to revisit our rusty weekend Open Thread tradition. This one is hosted by an otter eating a carrot. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Wonder Woman movie marketing machine tied up in knots
…and not in a knowing nod to the cognoscenti way. Shana O’Neill on SyfyWire wonders Where is the Wonder Woman movie advertising?
Vale John Clarke #PutOutYourGumboots
Two nations have lost a great satirist, a terrific writer, and by all accounts a delightful human being generally.
100 books by women in 2016
I read 100 books by women in 2016 and learned a few things along the way.
2016 Hoydens: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
When word came through of Carrie Fisher’s heart attack, and then of her death, and almost immediately after that of the death of her mother, Debbie Reynolds many of us felt we had been dealt a particularly harsh blow. No… Read More ›
Sunday Poetry: Agendas by Elaine Gallagher
Published on the Dangerous Women Project a few weeks ago.
QOTD: Daphne du Maurier
“There’s nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.”
Otterday! And Open Thread
It’s ages since we’ve had an Otterday! This week’s Open Thread is hosted by an otter who learnt to use an asthma inhaler last year at an aquarium in Seattle:
Hoyden About Town 