The festival is underway. We went to the launch yesterday, and took advantage of the night market in the Market Square, which was doing a roaring trade in street food. The snacks provided some much-needed warmth. It was so cold that I was tempted to use my nose to operate the camera on my phone. … Continue reading The Cambridge e-luminate festival – 10th-15th February 2017
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Sophie Hannah and Jill Dawson at the Cambridge Literary Festival
Last weekend I had a thoroughly self-indulgent time attending a talk by Sophie Hannah and Jill Dawson. Hannah has recently written Closed Casket, her second Hercule Poirot mystery, commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited. Meanwhile Dawson’s latest book, The Crime Writer, is about novelist Patricia Highsmith, and according to The Guardian “achieves a wonderful blurring of … Continue reading Sophie Hannah and Jill Dawson at the Cambridge Literary Festival
A Cambridge post – Strawberry Fair forever
It’s felt like winter for the last few days in Cambridge, but this Saturday marks a special day in the city’s calendar that in my head (and let's face it, only there...) heralds summer. Strawberry Fair is a free annual festival that takes place next to the river, on Midsummer Common, on the first Saturday … Continue reading A Cambridge post – Strawberry Fair forever
Writing Inspiration – real life hooks, and the benefits of snooping
I wrote a couple of weeks back about my favourite hooks in fiction, but recently the importance of real-life hooks has come home to me, as triggers for my own story ideas. It’s always the tale part told that fires my imagination – a half heard conversation, a historical story where the full truth has … Continue reading Writing Inspiration – real life hooks, and the benefits of snooping
The 2013 e-Luminate Cambridge Festival
The Cambridge E-Luminate Festival has been taking place over the last weekend. It was the result of a collaboration between artists, educators, cleantech companies and researchers and involved an interesting array of lightshows, talks and demonstrations around the city centre. This greenhouse shows off the work of artist, Susie Olczak, and its panes are the … Continue reading The 2013 e-Luminate Cambridge Festival
Cafe@the Library
The post-Christmas period seems like a good time for seeking out more frugal options for eating out in Cambridge. For a budget breakfast, lunch or tea, I really recommend the cafe at Cambridge Central Library in the Grand Arcade. The food’s delicious and imaginative and you can get a filling meal for £3 - £4. … Continue reading Cafe@the Library
Tatties Cafe Restaurant
Tatties Cafe Restaurant sometimes gets some poor reviews, but my most recent experience was positive. Being able to get a hot meal that really fills you up for around £6 is fairly good going in central Cambridge. My potato was nicely done, the jacket just right, with mountains of cheese and beans, and a reasonable … Continue reading Tatties Cafe Restaurant
Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort – up close and personal at Trinity Hall College Chapel
Rejoice in the Lamb – Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort – Britten, Poulenc and AlainTrinity Hall College Chapel is intimate. I sat in a pew facing towards the centre aisle and am pretty sure the person sitting opposite me and could have tweaked my nose if they’d felt like it. I have to confess that for … Continue reading Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort – up close and personal at Trinity Hall College Chapel
Write Stuff – Advice c/o Cambridge Wordfest
As promised, here is a follow-up post relaying the excellent advice for aspiring authors provided at Getting Published Today, a Wordfest event that took place on Saturday. Those passing on their tips were: Nicola Morgan - an award-winning author of 90 books and giver of crabbit advice to aspiring writers everywhere. Nicola runs a … Continue reading Write Stuff – Advice c/o Cambridge Wordfest
Write Stuff – Cambridge Wordfest Spring 2012
Feeling very excited now as the rather large batch of Wordfest tickets I ordered the other day popped through my letterbox this morning. Only limited funds prevented me from booking the weekend of 13/14/15 April solid. The Cambridge Union Society - a Wordfest venueHighlights for yet-to-be published writers include the Getting Published Today workshop with … Continue reading Write Stuff – Cambridge Wordfest Spring 2012
Clare Chase 