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• Period & More Period: Belle - Now on Dvd & Blue Ray

  

  Out on DVD/Blue Ray today, Belle is a movie inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a mixed - race woman raised by an aristocratic white family. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Discover Healing in the Search for Truth - an Interview with Elisabeth Gifford,...

  

  About the book What happens when you bring the truth of who you are and where you’ve been into the light? In her impressive debut novel, The Sea House (St.... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Fly High Has a Facebook Page, Richard Armitage Has a Twitter

  

  FLY HIGH HAS A FACEBOOK PAGEI don't like facebook much, actually. In fact, I only have a personal account, run 2 pages (My Jane Austen Book Club and Fly High... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Freebie! Shadow on the Highway by Deborah Swift - New Release

  

  May 1651. England has been in the midst of a civil war for nearly ten years.The country has been torn in two, and the King is getting ready to make his last... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Is a Parent's Job Ever Really Done? an Interview with Author Deborah Raney...

  

  Home to Chicory Lane Deborah Raney writes a story that examines how the love of our family can help us weather life's storms. The first book in the new Chicory... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Ten Good Reasons Not to Watch Outlander

  

  Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser 1. Jamie Fraser. Once you meet him, the least that can happen to you is that you get a crush on him. But, watch yourself! Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Memory of Midnight by Pamela Hartshorne - Book Review

  

  Book BlurbOne hot day in Elizabethan York, young Nell Appleby is trapped in a wooden chest, and a horror of the stifling dark - and of the man who trapped her... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - the Invisible Woman

  

  Directed and starring Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN is the latest period movie I saw. It is an adaptation of Claire Tomaline's book of... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Spotlight on ... Sense and Sensibility a Latter-day Tale by Rebecca h. Jamison

  

  Book BlurbAs if it wasn’t bad enough to be getting food from Church welfare, I had to meet one of the Ferreros—and a good-looking Ferrero, at that. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Hobbit the Desolation of Smaug & My Not Very Successful Quest in Tolkien's...

  

  Warning: I know I will shock or, at least, disappoint any Tolkien fan who may stumble onto this post. They are kindly advised not to read! Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Art, Music and Literature Based Communities

  

  (by guest blogger Vanessa Gallo) People are driven by inspiration, ambitions and needs in life. It is the zeal and passion towards life that makes them aspire... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Reading, Re-reading, Reviewing: the Memory of Midnight, Outlander, Jane...

  

  Reading: The Memory of Midnight by Pamela HartshorneHistorical novels are my best favourite kind of books, as well as classic literature. The Memory of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Book Review - Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James

  

  OUT ON AUGUST 5th! INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTSBook blurbFifteen-year-old Jane Austen dreams of three things: doing something useful, writing something worthy,... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Time for a Good Movie - the Railway Man (2014)

  

  It is impossible not to think of war these days. Press and TV news keep our minds and hearts in constant worry. Though I usually avoid writing or discussing... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Medea Yorba, Author of "darcy's Last Promise"

  

  Welcome to My Jane Austen Book Club, Medea ! I’m always very happy to let my readers and Janeite friends meet new Austen-inspired writers, so thank you for... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Summer is for Reading: the Fault in Our Stars & Other Love Stories

  

  I've been reading quite a lot in these lazy summer days. That's what summer is for, in my case. I didn't manage to read much in the past year, so it is the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - Gothic Drama Series: Salem and Penny Dreadful

  

  Shane West and Janet MontgomerySalem Phew! Lots of blood. I've just finished watching this series. "Why did I ever start?", I wonder. And why did I watch all th... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• And, Then, They Come Back ...

  

  I know, I've been often very critical to my students here at FLY HIGH! Who can forget my disappointment while in Dublin or Malta with my students! Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Mother & Sons

  

  Today is my son's birthday. 23, a young man. Don't worry, I'm not going to bother you with my memories of when he was just a baby in my arms, how fast time has... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Writers & Actors - a Half Serious, Half Boring Reflection on Why i Am...

  

  Richard Armitage as John Proctor in The CrucibleThere are two kinds of people I am particularly fascinated by, writers and actors. Not for the glamour... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES