Explore the world around you from the safety of your armchair with Google Arts & Culture and their virtual tours.
7 Places Around The World You Can Visit From Home
5 Museums You Can Enjoy From Home (Part 2)
Enjoy museums from home and history from home with this fantastic virtual content on offer from these 5 museums.
5 Museums You Can Enjoy From Home (Part 1)
Enjoy museums from home and history from home with this fantastic virtual content on offer from these 5 museums.
March 2020 in Review
March has been a crazy month the whole world over. When I set myself the theme of Reading Women for Women’s History Month, I didn’t know we’d be ending the month with plenty of time at home to spend on reading books by women, about women’s history and women’s studies. So I think I’ll be…
Review: “Forgotten Royal Women: The King and I”, by Erin Lawless
For my last-but-one Women’s History Month post, I’m so excited to share my review of Erin Lawless’ book Forgotten Royal Women: The King and I, which Pen & Sword Books kindly sent me a copy of to review. A positive in the craziness that the world is going through right now (and I sincerely hope…
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Spotlight on Women Writers: Isabel Allende
Today in my Reading Women series for Women’s History Month, I wanted to spotlight a female author that I love and teaches me something completely new with each book I read. Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American feminist author and journalist who has written over twenty books which evoke culture, social justice, politics, personal history and…
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Spotlight on Literary Heroines: Anne Shirley
I confess, I came to Anne Shirley later in life than I think you’re supposed to read her. The eleven-year-old (in the first book of L. M. Montgomery’s series, Anne of Green Gables) became a kindred spirit of mine when I was twenty-two. I was twice her age in the book, yet I became captivated…
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