Happy first of June! It's an especially happy day for us: it's our Publication Day! You can find out more about our book here. If you'd like to order a copy, you can find it online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Waterstones. If you'd like to support independent retailers,…
Hello, How are you? We hope that where you are the days are getting brighter and that life is feeling fresher and more hopeful. Here's our selection of ideas for making the most of this month -
Hello, This month we're celebrating both International Day of Happiness and our blogs's 4th birthday. We'd like to send a heartfelt thank you - and a virtual slice of birthday cake - to all our readers, particularly those who've been with us ever since the beginning. If you are a long-standing reader, you may remember…
Hello As we're into the final stages of preparation for the festive season, today we've collected some posts from our archive with ideas for last-minute drinks, food, decorations and things to do. We hope you'll enjoy browsing through them: A recipe for delicious hot apple cider Serve in warmed glasses or mugs. You can sprinkle…
The Staircase 9 17 Bookshelf choice for December is A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) It's a nostalgic and funny account of Christmas time in Swansea, south Wales, during the years of Thomas's youth. Here's the description of what happens when there is a fire at the Prothero household:…
Our book recommendation for November is City of Light, by Lauren Belfer. City of Light is set here in Buffalo, New York, just after the turn of the 20th century. Five years before that, on 15th November 1896, Buffalo became the first city to have widespread electric street lighting, thanks to Nikola Tesla and the…
Our book recommendation for October is The Real Jane Austen: A life in small things, by Paula Byrne. Divided into chapters dealing with different items such as 'The East Indian Shawl', 'The Topaz Crosses', and 'The Box of Letters', it is a fascinating, readable and original exploration of the life of Jane Austen and the…