This Dyslexia Awareness Week, let's #RaiseTheVolume for young readers. Tiggy's big adventure begins with a curious mistake. Stranded far from home, can one brave cat find her way back with the help of new friends? Another beautifully illustrated book by @JaneCornwell10
British people food shopping list for a heatwave:
- Twister lollies (and all the other lollies)
- Quiche (Lorraine)
- Assortment of “bits” (mini sausages, mini scotch eggs, various beige air fryable goods)
- Coleslaw, potato salad (maybe a tub of beetroot cubes that you’ll inevitably drop down your white t-shirt)
- Sausages, chicken drumsticks, burgers etc (if there’s any left)
- Some sort of bright red marinade (will also drop down white t-shirt)
- Baps/rolls/buns (or whatever you want to call them, don’t start)
- Bag of salad leaves, with random decision made in shop as to whether you get “Italian Style”, “Bistro”, “Baby Leaf”, or some sort of iceberg and grated carrot fiasco (will throw away next week)
- A cucumber and some tomatoes, obvs. It’s not a proper basic British salad without these sliced and dumped on the side of the plate (for proper British salad, do NOT mix them, they must remain in their own separate piles)
- Some kind of horrible couscous pot type thing with raisins in it (that nobody will eat)
- Dips (maybe some flatbreads that you’ll burn in the toaster)
- Large bags of crisps to put into bowls
- Strawberries
- Ice (will leave in the car by mistake and find a bag of water in there later)
Not clear what we pay our taxes for. I am one of the lucky few to still have an NHS dentist - but for how long? Surely prevention is better than emergency. Soon A&Es will be filled with dental as well as GP patients who can't get seen... https://t.co/jckb7Im4U6
Member of the Senedd for Monmouth, Peter Fox, has called on the Welsh Government to take immediate action to protect our NHS general dental services.
Read Peter's article here 👇
https://t.co/wiDjfVqzzT
Take part in the consultation👇 https://t.co/tXg8DxuL2i
If you’re worried about the proposed NHS dentistry changes in Wales - patients may be seen by any dentist across an entire health board, (so no regular dentist), check ups pushed back to 24 months, etc, make your views known… scroll down for the survey. https://t.co/c64bcmToH5
The superbly located Castle Campbell, built on a spur between the chasm of the Burn of Care on one side and that of the Burn of Sorrow on the other, and overlooked by the Ochil Hills near Dollar in Clackmannanshire. More pics and info: https://t.co/SgD0WYVzzO
Remembering our beloved grandparents, sergeant Rita Brown of the ATS who lit up St Paul’s with her searchlight on VEDay. And Sergeant Norman Macdonald of the Intelligence Corps, mentioned in dispatches in Burma. Much missed. #veday80thanniversary @ShonaghHay
In my books my logo has been the bear and Jane's the robin (who pops up everywhere). As my latest book is an adult novel Jane suggested we alter the bear and author name. What a bear, despite the claws, a seriously cool dude. Once again great work from Jane Cornwell.
Great fun working with Jane Cornwell on my latest book. Jane brings so much to a bare manuscript with suggestions and guidance. This is the eleventh book we have worked on. I'll post when it is to be published.
Some years I don’t know what to say. It’s 29 now and those dark days are never far from my mind. Spare a wee thought for my hometown of Dunblane today.❤️
I had a great morning at Larbert High School, talking about writing and listening as they discussed their current project, working with the residents of a local carehome, documenting their life stories, with the view of turning them into a book.