Answering Pernilla’s questions at Blogg52
My response to Pernilla SVXRT40’s questions for book lovers from last week, and the introduction to my forthcoming week of questions on this website and Facebook.
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Dr Dolittle – finding stories in your pocket
Dr Dolittle’s technique for coming up with a story off the cuff still works – a brief presentation of Hugh Lofting and the doctor who talks to animals.
Her hidden face – cover-art on historical fiction
Commentary spun off from last week: why so much cover-art for historical novels with female protagonists features a woman who hides her face or whose face is hidden.
Hay fever? Hej, fever! (Revisited)
Hay fever? Hej fever! A not entirely frivolous investigation of the meaning and origins of hay fever and other, older related terms in English, Swedish and other languages.
Computers, and my first in particular
In which I am interviewed about my experience of computers in education and wax lyrical about memories of my first Amstrad.
A first round-up at Blogg52
After just a short period participating in the Blogg52 challenge, I am a little critical of some of my fellow bloggers. With hindsight, unfairly perhaps.