Category Archives: Travel

Tom Titanic: a Welsh hero remembered

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Angela

On 15 April I went to Cemaes, the northernmost town on the Ynys Môn coast, with my cousin Alex Leslie, and my sister Lucinda Mackworth-Young. We were there because Cemaes is the town where Thomas William Jones was born, on … Continue reading →

Posted in BLue Plaques, History, Kindness, Places, Talks, Titanic, Travel | 4 Comments

100 Novels That Shaped Our World; free travel with a book and One Green Thing

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Angela

Four women and two men have just chosen 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. The choosers are: Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Syima Aslam, founder of the Bradford Literature Festival, authors Juno Dawson, Kit de Waal and Alexander … Continue reading →

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Jericho Writers’ Self-Editing Your Novel Course, and the wonders of Atlas Obscura: destinations, food and drink

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Angela

I’m in the final week of Jericho Writers’ Self-Editing your novel course run by Debi Alper and Emma Darwin and all I can say is if you’ve written a first (or even a twenty-first) draft of a novel and you know something’s … Continue reading →

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