Patricia turned a corner in the maze she’d been working her way through for the last two hours and stopped. In front of her were two heavy wooden doors, and standing in front of these, two guards. …

Read "Unlocked" by Courtney Milan available from Rakuten Kobo. From New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan... A perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood, Lady Elaine W...

Hurrah! Royal Mail have come up with a fabulous solution to posting to the USA, and I've been able to bodge something on my website to enable me to calculate and collect the customs due. I've just set up an email to previous customers clarifying the situation, and I'm hopeful that I'll be able to implement the collection of duty at purchase rather than at delivery.

It had been nineteen months and two days since she left, and why was I still counting? Why did I still notice every time the clock said eleven-eleven and look for a second magpie – in hope of joy –…

Another jewellery reworking this month. I'm always surprised by how people manage to find me - I don't do any advertising, other than a big banner if I'm at an event, and stuffing business cards into every order, but a surprising number of people seem to find me from an internet search. It's not much of an advertisement! This reworking was one of those.

Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature

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