As I’ve mentioned before, sometimes the easiest way to explore a new place is by reading a good book. In fact, many of my favourite books have inspired my own…
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Dickens Festival Deventer: A Unique Dutch Christmas Event
Everyone always talks about how magical and ‘must-visit’ German Christmas markets are, but lately I have been on a bit of a mission to explore what Christmas magic the Netherlands…
How to Have the Perfect Literary Weekend in London
So I recently wrote an article all about the amazing Harry Potter themed activities and places in London for all the Potter-heads out there (you can check it out here)…
I recently stumbled across this rather different, and cool, reading challenge on Modern Mrs Darcy‘s blog and thought I’d give it a go! Instead of just trying to read a…
I am a proud self-confessed geek and nerd. I love books, reading and learning as well as computer games, fantasy and sci-fi. One of my favourite things to do while…
Literary Legends – William Shakespeare
This is my last post written in London, so it seems appropriate to write about one of England’s greatest writers, William Shakespeare! Where to begin when writing about ‘The Bard’?!…
Literary Legends – Roald Dahl
Yesterday I continued with my literary pilgrimages and travelled to the town of Great Missenden to visit the Roald Dahl museum. The town of Great Missenden is a forty minute…
Literary Legends – Charles Dickens (The Charles Dickens Museum)
Another museum I visited on my “One-year-in-London-Anniversary-Day” was the Charles Dickens museum. I’m not sure if the first of Charles Dickens’ stories that I came across as a child was…
Literary Legends – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Sherlock Holmes Museum)
So last week it was exactly a year since I moved to London, and what a year it has been! To celebrate my one-year anniversary of living in London I…
Can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since my last post, must catch up, but been so busy lately! Work has been crazy and Christmas is coming which means shopping,…