Monthly Archives: March 2006

Journalistic responsibility

Posted on 30th March 2006
in Life, the Universe and Everything Else
by Cath

Hubby recorded a travel show of the Cotswolds today. He recorded it because he used to live there. The programme was full of errors, mispronounced names, poorly researched local customs and – worst of all – at one point the name of a village was misspelled, even when the name [...]

I like libraries.

Posted on 29th March 2006
in Life, the Universe and Everything Else
by Cath

I love to work in my local library. I don’t have a space I can call a work area at home (at least, not one that doesn’t also fulfil another function), so the library is where I go to work. There were a lot of strange looks today, because I [...]

The Joy of Stationery

Posted on 27th March 2006
in Life, the Universe and Everything Else
by Cath

I prefer to write with a fountain pen. That’s not to say I write stories with a fountain pen – I prefer to “pen” those on a computer. But when it comes to planning, making notes, writing index cards and the like – those I do in fountain pen. Why? [...]