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A Piece of Italy – I Mean Naples – in Notting Hill
Pasquale places cutlery next to my sfogliatella. Pointedly. “You Northerners probably eat it with a knife and fork,” he says, deadpan, and strolls to look out of the front door, his hands behind his back. He says Northerner to me, … Continue reading
Scriptorium
Some people have studies. Others dens. Or offices. I have a Scriptorium. In our previous home, H. worked in the spare room, and I at the dining table in the living room. After a while, however, I found it hard … Continue reading
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Tagged a room of one's own, katherine gregor, scribe doll, scriptorium
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Learning to Live in a New House
H. and I moved two months ago. My fortieth-something move. That’s not counting packing up the contents of my college room at Durham on the last day of every term, then unpacking it again when term restarted. No, it doesn’t … Continue reading
A Crack in the Viewfinder?
Last year, I was at the Easter Sunday service at Norwich Cathedral with a new acquaintance. In the distance, I noticed a lady in the congregation whose face was very familiar. “I think I went to College with her,” I … Continue reading
Gender Equality: Women’s Attitudes.
International Women’s Day makes me feel uneasy. The fact that there should still be a need for it. For all the leaps and bounds we’ve have made in Europe and other countries since the relatively recent times when women couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, gender equality, independent women, katherine gregor, scribe doll
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For the Old to Fertilise the New
Get a large, strong bag. Clean your home. Wash the floors, Polish the wood, Dust the shelves, Scrub the sink. Then drop all the dirt into the large, strong bag. Walk around your home And collect from the air and … Continue reading
Christmas Eve
“Once in Royal David’s City Stood a lowly cattle shed”. I hold my breath. I always find myself holding my breath for the minute or so between the BBC Radio 4 announcer’s voice falling silent and the chorister getting to … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, katherine gregor, king's college choir, scribe doll
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The Alchemy of Turning Darkness into Light
A text message the day before, signed in both names, gently confirms that H. and I are to go the the Castle museum entrance a few minutes before the ceremony. It’s a grey morning but unusually mild for December. We … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, Norwich Castle Weddings, scribe doll, writing
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Sunday Concert
It’s a string quartet today. Beethoven. It’s what people enjoy. The folding chairs have been put out. The seat cushions have aged flower patterns and were last washed probably sometime at the end of the last century. Audience members, mostly … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, katherine gregor, scribe doll, social observations, writing
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The Secret of Winter
When winter envelops you in its embrace, the only place you can look is within. Summer makes you look outwards. It entertains you with a spectacle of colours, intoxicates you with its heady, floral scents, dazzles you with its bright … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, imagination, katherine gregor, scribe doll, winter
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Scribe Doll 