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• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Four: from the Roof to Trafalgar Square and Back to...

  

  All for one and one for all"Please, don't kill them all" is my first thought, watching this great still above.However, my first words must be, "I apologize".... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2011 MOVIES

• GUESTPOST & GIVEAWAY- LAUREL ANN NATTRESS AND JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT: After...

  

  Today I'm incredibly happy and proud to host "Lady Austenprose", friendly and generous Laurel Ann Nattress on her blog tour for the launch of " Jane Austen... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wonderful Wednesday - Historical Fiction

  

  Wonderful Wednesdays is a meme about spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 BOOKS

• At the Cinema - Jane Eyre

  

  If there is a heroine I deeply sympathized with in my teenage, she was Jane Eyre. She substituted Jo March, who had been my model heroine when I was a child. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Ra-ndom Thoughts - Richard's First Italian Magazine Cover

  

  Yesterday, my day off. In and out from home, franticly coping with the housework to catch up with and several errands to do. As usual, I'm terribly busy on my... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CULTURE

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Three: Tender is ... Dimitri.

  

  Max Brown as DimitriMy task is not an easy one indeed! Saying and not saying to avoid spoiling the pleasure of discovering the details by yourself. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• What I've Been Watching - Single Father (2010)

  

  Single Father is an emotionally powerful yet funny four-part drama, about a man struggling to raise his four children after the death of his wife. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 MOVIES

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Two

  

  Another tough episode. Inexorable rhythm from beginning to end in episode 2 of series 10. The last season... The more I watch it, the more I feel sad that it... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 MOVIES

• Ra Comic Cards - Harry Had a Dream ...

  

  It's been some time since I posted my last RA comic cards (HERE). Did you think I've been neglecting Richard? I haven't, in fact. Maybe you haven't had any... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE WHITE QUEEN BY PHILIPPA GREGORY - "We Have Killed Certainty in These Cousins...

  

  Elizabeth Woodville, a young Lancastrian widow, armed only with her beauty and her steely determination, seduces and marries the charismatic warrior king, Edwar... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Cornelis De Jong, Author of "my Brother and i"

  

  Cornelis De Jong lives in Netherland. He teaches English at A-levels, with a particular emphasis on literature. Although in recent years he and his students hav... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What I've Been Watching - Sons & Lovers (2003)

  

  "From his mother he drew the life warmth, the strength to produce; Miriam urged this warmth into intensity like a white light" (from chapt. 7)I've finally... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 MOVIES

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day One

  

  Monday Sept. 19 4.55 p.m. (Spoilers? Mmmm...maybe)Just finished watching ep. 1 . How was it? But very good, of course. It’sSpooks! I forced myself to avoid... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• October 2011 - the Picnic at Cranford

  

  Great event in October! You are all invited. Katherine of Gaskell Blog requests the pleasure of your company as we join Miss Matty and her friends in “The Picni... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• SPOOKS Vs DOWNTON ABBEY - WHO WILL WIN THE MATCH?

  

  What will you be watching on Sunday night, 9 p.m., in the UK? British audience is asked to choose between the last series ever of BBC spy drama Spooks and the... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• BBAW Day #4 & #5: Reading and Blogging

  

  Book bloggers blog because they love reading. Our Day #4 task is to reflect, write and share about our love.Has book blogging changed the way you read? Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• At the Cinema - a Dangerous Method, from Venice to Rome

  

  I was really interested in this movie, do you remember? (My previous post) Fortunately, many of the movies shown at Venice Film Festival 2011 have got to Rome... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• BBAW - Day #3 - COMMUNITY PART II : A Tip? Yes, Please!

  

  OUR TASK FOR TODAY - The world of book blogging has grown enormously and sometimes it can be hard to find a place. Share your tips for finding and keeping... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Persuade Me by Juliet Archer - My Review

  

  When do you let your heart rule your head?Persuasion. When you like a story so much you never have enough of it. I haven’t read much based on Persuasion... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BBAW Day #2: Shining the Light on Your Fellow Book Bloggers - Fly High Meets...

  

  Trisha lives south of Chicago, Illinois in the U.S. with her husband, Brian, and her still-in-utero first child, currently named The Floppy Alien, (name probabl... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES