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BookPick: The Animal Victoria Cross
Posted on November 23, 2014 6 Comments
Nearly seventy animals to date have won the Dickin Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Many of their inspiring stories are told in a delightful book, The Animal Victoria Cross. The Animal Victoria Cross, as it came to be called, was the brain-child of animal lover Maria Dickin. Its official name is the Dickin […]
Seafaring Cats
Posted on December 4, 2013 4 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] When it became apparent that the mighty 140-gun first rate Spanish ship-of-the-line Santisima Trinidad would not survive the raging storm that followed the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 every effort was made to […]
An Author’s Day Off
Posted on September 5, 2013 3 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Ever wondered what authors do on their days off – mope around missing the work-in-progress, drown writing woes at the pub, play golf? Well, I can’t speak for other scribes but when I […]
Sermons, a thesis – and a hungry dog…
Posted on August 20, 2013 1 Comment
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] I’m always delighted to hear from readers that they’ve enjoyed my books – but sometimes this takes on an extra dimension… Ian Hewes, a Baptist minister in the UK, has used the Kydd […]
From a reader drawn to the Arctic
Posted on August 16, 2013 1 Comment
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] One of the joys of being a writer is hearing from readers around the world – and learning a little about their lives. William de Vaney, a marine historical artist, now living in […]
Penguins rule okay!
Posted on July 15, 2013 1 Comment
A hopeless cat lover, I also have a weakness for penguins. Why so? 1. To me, no other creature looks so at home in Neptune’s Realm, virtually flying through the water with such grace 2. Tux the penguin is the symbol of LINUX, of which I’m a dedicated fan 3. A famous book publishing house […]
Julian Stockwin 