If I had time, a lot of time, and probably a fair bit of money for extra travel, I would love to learn three or four more languages. My German is passably fluent (if grammatically precarious!) and my English is obviously pretty decent, but that's where it ends. I've dabbled in Japanese (love it, but …
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A new traveller is born
You might not have noticed, but Not A Ballerina has been running on autopilot for a month or so. I was organised enough to plan ahead and write some posts to keep you all interested while I learnt about life with our newborn baby. Yep, that's him above. He's not always quite as peaceful as he looks …
Travelling to writers’ festivals – Combining my two loves
I'm a massive fan of Writers' Festivals, which in my experience are usually really inspiring occasions for writers - but they're definitely not just for writers, because I think anyone who loves reading can also get so much out of them, not least hearing your favourite writers speak and getting to …