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Monday #521

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Fiona

I am writing this from my new laptop! The old one isn’t quite dead yet, but it has been on its last legs for the past few years (obviously it had more legs than I thought, though). I’m now trying … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 2

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Fiona

In part one I briefly looked at At Seaside Cottage – the first story in the Hodder collection of Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories. I’m not sure how many stories I will get through in this post – I suppose it … Continue reading →

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The Five as you’ve never seen them before, part 4

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Fiona

With Eileen Soper being such a prolific illustrator for Blyton it’s not hard to find her work amongst the books on my shelves. So here are another few times she drew characters that look just like the Five, even though … Continue reading →

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Monday #520

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Fiona

Until around 3pm on Saturday I was blissfully unaware that the clocks were due to change that night. Normally I’m counting the weeks until the end of March so that it’s finally light when I finish work on my late … Continue reading →

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The Five as you have never seen them before

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Fiona

Eileen Soper’s Five are the real Five to me. I grew up seeing her illustrations in lots of my Famous Five books and although I also had some Betty Maxey books too, I always picture Julian, Dick, Anne, George and … Continue reading →

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