Rollem are thrilled to announce the 20 super-talented writers involved in our “Think-Tank” for an exciting new show, full details on the participants can be found here: bit.ly/2PMKpSZ. #newwriting

This week will be the 30th post on my food blog! Plenty more recipes, places and restaurants to eat my way through...

So happy to see my story on the longlist!!! Many thanks to the BathShortStoryAward team.

Spent the weekend filter judging for a national short story comp. I've read hundreds of short stories and it's been a fascinating exercise. Here's a general round up of what I discovered. Ps. There are always exceptions where this may not apply (sorry!)

“It’s a bloody nightmare” Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working “It’s not ideal” Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined

Last Minute Club Badge | Bath Flash Fiction Award bathflashfictionaward.com/last-minute-cl… I wish that my university handed out badges like these for coursework. Ironically, I’m late to post this. Fingers crossed for the longlist!

Inspiring

Chloé Zhao accepts the Academy Award for Best Director. She is the first woman of color to do so.

I can’t believe I am tweeting this. Nigella Lawson calling a microwave a “micro-wav-ay” has today been nominated for BAFTA TV ‘Must-See’ Award.