Dear theatres, I love you

Today I’m going to write about one of my great loves. No, I don’t mean pesto pasta or young Hugh Grant, although admittedly those do both hold a special place in my heart. No, I’m talking of “this wooden O” (or perhaps "a wooden O" - I sadly have no personal acquaintance with the Globe).…

Time for tea

Hello everyone! In the interests of making sure this blog doesn’t just become a documentation of my struggles with lockdown (and also because I’m really really bored and need something to occupy me) I thought I’d lighten things up a bit by combining two of my favourite things – tea, and books! So I had…

My literary playlist

Doing the 30 day song challenge on Instagram as a bit of isolation entertainment has got me creating playlists left, right and centre, so I thought today I'd share a few of my favourite songs inspired by works of literature! I've made a (collaborative) playlist on Spotify which I'll be adding lots more things to…

Thoughts from a writer in lockdown

It is well known that writers tend to be solitary creatures; it is less well known that in fact, they thrive off the world. What distinguishes a writer is not their imagination but rather the way in which they pick up, and pick up on, the world around them. They are not all trapped, like…