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• Tobias by Prue Batten - Book Review

  

  Book BlurbByzantium stretches a weakening grip across Eastern Europe, trying in vain to hold onto all that has made it an empire. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• UNLEASHING MR DARCY - FROM BOOK TO MOVIE, TERI WILSON'S LOVELY MODERN SPIN ON...

  

  The TV movieWe all need a bit of fairy dust on our grey lives from time to time and watching this lovely TV movie helped my mood like a touch of magic wand... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Period & More Period - War, Peace and a Restless Prince

  

  Are you watching War and Peace? I am and I like it so much! I knew I had to wait on a bit to understand if I could love or hate this adaptation of Tolstoj's... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• John Montana, Hope in an Actor's Life

  

  The job of acting is one of the most alluring for us ordinary mortals. We imagine that being an actor and living in LA must be so cool and glamorous. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Then Comes Winter Book Goes on Tour

  

  This past November, Then ComesWinter, a collection of winter themed short stories, embarked on a trip to visit the hometowns of the talented authors who... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• London's Jewish Book Week, February 20-28, 2016: Amazing Authors & Wonderful...

  

  Tracy Chevalier, Esther Freud, Anne SebbaDo you live in London or its surroundings? Do you plan a trip there in February? If you love literary events, you... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell - Book Review

  

  The Lords of The North by Bernard CornwellThe third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England,... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - "mr Holmes" and "suffragette"

  

  Are you in for a couple of good recommendations? Movies this time. The latest I've seen and liked, both released in theatres in the last months of 2015: Mr... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• My Kids Grow up and They're Pretty Special - Kika, Edo & the Singing of the Trees

  

  In November you met Maria Sofia, studying Arabic and giving a helping hand in Palestine. In December, Emanuele, living in Milan and working as a software... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - My Best Favourite Costume Drama Series of 2015

  Powered by Cincopa <a href="http://www.cincopa.com/video-hosting">Video Hosting for Business</a> solution. 2015 has been a blessed year for period... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Sway Blog Tour - a Contemporary Retelling of Persuasion by Melanie Stanford

  

  Sway is out today and Melanie Stanford is our guest to launch her blog tour. Sway is new modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Ready to welcome Melanie... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Period & More Period - a Very Period Christmas Time

  

  I'm so happy this holiday season will be pretty special. It'll be a very period Christmas time, you know? Period as in period drama, great costume series,... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• To Send Or Not to Send ... Them a Christmas Card?

  

  In the era of everything digital, do we still choose, buy and send personalized Christmas cards to family and friends living far from us? Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Spotlight on ... Pride & Preju-knits, Twelve Genteel Knitting Projects Inspired...

  

  An original, cute Christmas gift, perfect for a Janeite who loves knitting. Well, if she doesn't, she'll wish to learn as soon as possible, once she has had a... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Lynn Messina, Author of Prejudice & Pride. Win...

  

  Hello Lynn and welcome to our online Jane Austen club. My first question is, what was your first encounter with Austen and her world like? Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Spotlight on ... "when the Lost Act Lost" by Terri Blackstock

  

  If I Run tells the story of protagonist Casey Cox. When her life becomes complicated, she resorts to lies - even crime - to survive. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• My Kids Grow up and ... They' Re Pretty Special - Emanuele Giarlini, Living in...

  

  After Maria Sofia and her touching story from Palestine, full of hope and enthusiasm, here is my second guest in this series dedicated to my former students... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - Uhtred, the New Hero from the Kingdom of Bbc

  

  Played by Alexander Dreymon, Uhtred is the protagonist of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales book saga, adapted for the screen as The Last Kingdom. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Liesel, Death and the Power of Words - the Book Thief by Markus Zusak

  

  The Book Thief 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family o... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• CELEBRATE THE 200th ANNIVERSARY OF JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA THIS DECEMBER IN WINCHESTER

  

  December marks 200 years since the publication of one of the world’s most famous novels, Emma, written by Jane Austen. The author spent much of her life in... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE