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Malory Towers on TV: the Christmas specials part 2

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Fiona

Last time I made a few predictions as to what I thought might happen in part two. Let’s see how well I did. Christmas lights SOS Episode two starts right where we left off last time, with the girls huddled … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV: the Christmas specials

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Fiona

I normally avoid watching or reading things out of order, but as I’m way behind on the Malory Towers on TV reviews I figured it couldn’t hurt to watch the Christmas specials while it’s seasonally appropriate. Having seen it was … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV: A series two overview

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Fiona

This is not going to be as easy to write as my overview for series one, mostly because it has taken me so long to watch this series that I’ve practically forgotten what happened at the beginning of it. But … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episode thirteen

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Fiona

Series three has been online for some time now, but here I am just getting to the end of series two. I don’t think that I’ve made any secret that I haven’t found this series as compelling as the first, … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes eleven and twelve

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Fiona

I think it’s obvious that I haven’t gotten as into this series as I did the first – hence the sporadic posts with lengthy gaps between. I did sit down and watch the final three episodes of the series earlier … Continue reading →

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Monday #494

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Fiona

It is now the last week of September, meaning we passed the autumn equinox a few days ago. It is definitely feeling more autumnal now, much cooler weather and darker evenings. My thick cardigans have come out and I am … Continue reading →

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My favourite Blyton covers part three

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Fiona

I have already written two posts about my favourite covers, but as there are so many good ones I am back with a third. This time I’m going to look exclusively at the wrap-around kind of dustjacket. I have shown … Continue reading →

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My favourite Blyton covers part two

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Fiona

There were far too many lovely covers to put into one post, so here are some more of my favourites. Grace Lodge Grace Lodge is another big name in terms of Blyton’s illustrators, having done at least 45 first editions … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Malory Towers moments

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Fiona

Malory Towers is one of my favourite series so here are my ten favourite moments from the books. 10 Irene loses her health certificate Second Form at Malory Towers Irene loses her health certificate almost every term, but this is … Continue reading →

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The worst ever Blyton covers

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Fiona

We all know that I am a big fan of the original artwork for Enid Blyton’s book, though I have a soft spot for the 60s Armadas and the recent Ruth Palmer covers. Amongst all the modernised covers (which look … Continue reading →

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Monday #469

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Fiona

It is the last Monday of March and the clocks have just changed, meaning the evenings are much lighter all of a sudden. We’ve also had some lovely spring weather – almost summer weather, though it’s due to be minus … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes seven and eight

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Fiona

I have been assured by a couple of different readers that this series improves as it goes on, and having watched episodes seven and eight now I can see some glimmers of hope. Not that this series has been particularly … Continue reading →

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New Class at Malory Towers: The Show Must Go On by Rebecca Westcott

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Fiona

We have now reached the final story in the book! The plot of The Show Must Go On From the title I had already guessed that this would be about the girls putting on some sort of show, which is … Continue reading →

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New Class at Malory Towers: The Secret Princess by Narinder Dhami

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Fiona

I have reviewed the first two stories – A Bob and a Weave and Bookworms, and now for story three. I have been told that this is the best story in terms of characterisation, so I am wondering if I … Continue reading →

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New Class at Malory Towers: Bookworms by Lucy Mangan

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Fiona

I’ve had this book ages but only recently read the first story, A Bob and a Weave by Patricia Lawrence. I wrote so much about that one short story that I’ve had to review each story in a separate post. … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes five and six

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Fiona

I has been a while since I reviewed the first four episodes of series two, Christmas got in the way and then I just never got back to it. That’s not a great sign, really, if you watch 4 episodes … Continue reading →

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How ‘Jennings’ compares with Blyton’s stories by Chris

Posted on February 16, 2022 by worldofblyton

I’m sure I’m not the only person who grew up with Anthony Buckeridge’s Jennings stories as well as Enid Blyton’s stories and still loves and re-reads them both. Yet both Jennings and Buckeridge are much less well-known than Blyton and … Continue reading →

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New Class at Malory Towers: A Bob and a Weave by Patrice Lawrence

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Fiona

Published in 2019 New Class at Malory Towers is a compendium of four new short stories set at Malory Towers. They are set during Darrell’s time there but each features a new girl joining the school. The stories are: A … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes three and four

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Fiona

After a slightly shaky start to series two, let’s have a look at episodes three and four. Episode three: The Stray There are at least four plots woven together in this episode, though three are quite minor and so don’t … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV series two – Episodes one and two

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Fiona

I gave the majority of the episodes in season one a glowing review (The Dress being the only one I found disappointing) so I’m keen to see how series two holds up. Episode one: The Head of Form Episode one … Continue reading →

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