• There are all sorts of Christmas books in the shops right now, their covers full of snowy scenes and dazzling Christmas lights. I do love a Christmas cover. Do you have a favourite Christmas book? Perhaps it’s something modern or an older story – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? The Nutcracker and the Mouse

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s the Thursday before Christmas, so how about a Christmas story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 25 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 8 words using the following two words in it somewhere: Here are your

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  • Here’s the next part of my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Days Five and Six Days Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Need a last minute Christmas gift idea? Here’s the ideal present for all!

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  • Happy new week. Only a week til Christmas! Your new limerick challenge is: EARTH Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YOUNG in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Skateboarding is a young man’s game If you take it up late, yourself you can maim Your ankles

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  • After a few weeks celebrating the publication of my new book, The Storm, I thought I’d throw things over to you. What books are you working on at the moment and how are they going? If you’re not working on anything yourself, what are you currently reading? Maybe you’re doing both. I’m almost at the

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday, so how about a new story challenge? Here you go: Can you tell a story in 8 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 21 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your clever stories: Kim

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  • Here’s the next instalment of my building work diary, telling the tale of when I had a loft conversion a few years ago. If you missed the story so far, here are the earlier days: Day One Day Two Days Three and Four Days Five and Six Days Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Who wouldn’t want a birthday cake highlighting how wonderful their bowel is…

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  • Happy new week! I hope you all had a good weekend. Your new limerick challenge is: YOUNG Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word TRIP in it somewhere. You produced some great limericks: Christine Mallaband-Brown: Another trip to the hospital To visit a loved one, what to tell? Life can

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