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Published on: 03/3/24 8:26 PM

Teaching creative writing course this month

Excited to be leading a 5 week course based at Kensignton Central Library in London on creative writing as part of the Adult Learning programme. The focus is very much…

Published on: 03/24/23 4:00 PM

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Published on: 03/3/21 2:02 PM

My 3rd Woman to Remember for #Womenshistorymonth

My 3rd Woman to Remember for #Womenshistorymonth

#WomensHistoryMonth. My 3rd woman to remember.Geneviève Prémoy, alias Chevalier Balthazard 1660–1704, enlisted as a French officer for 15 years.Her 1st love was fighting,but got entangled with many women while in…

Published on: 03/2/21 2:57 PM

Published on: 01/5/21 11:36 AM

Girls don’t need to be boys!

Girls don’t need to be boys!

Read the reviews of Abigail Shrier's book 'Irreversible Damage'. A scary trend of teenage girls moving from anorexia,self-harm and suicide to wanting transgender identities and treatment including surgery. What, she asks is wrong with being a girl? They're not defective boys. They're different- vive la difference!

Published on: 12/31/20 2:42 PM

Tales of women soldiers feature in the new book ‘Cross-dressed to Kill’ from Bosham’s Vivien Morgan.

Tales of women soldiers feature in the new book ‘Cross-dressed to Kill’ from Bosham’s Vivien Morgan.

“I found a Victorian book years ago in a Worcestershire bookshop that featured five women soldiers and was fascinated. “I was encouraged by friends including the writer Jilly Cooper to do a book as no one had heard about women who masqueraded as men. So I did more research and found out that there were hundreds of known women globally who did this. “Why and how is what I wanted to know. Were they gay, tomboys, patriots or just like Louisa May Alcott desperate to ‘do something’ as they lived through decades of war?

Published on: 12/8/20 2:17 PM

Published on: 12/6/20 4:14 PM

The Handsome Cabin Boy

A recording by Kate Bush of the 'Handsome Cabin Boy 'on You Tube. The ancient song is about Mary Anne Talbot, one of my soldier women who was abducted and…