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    Sweet Harmless Temptations

    For the last few months, I have been maintaining a food blog Sweet Harmless Temptations, named after a line from the novel Chocolat. This is the link, if you want to have a peek: http://sweetharmlesstemptations.wordpress.com.

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    Death Comes to Pemberley Review

    I wrote a review of BBC’s Death Comes to Pemberley a few weeks ago, intended for another site. However it wasn’t picked up so I’m publishing it here. Apologies that it is for a show that was televised a month ago. You may still be able to see it on BBC iplayer or when it comes out on DVD. ****************************************** It wouldn’t be Christmas without a bonnet- strewn period drama and this year the BBC stepped up to the mark, serving up their dramatisation of PD James’ sequel to Pride and Prejudice; Death Comes to Pemberley. The adaptation appeared to have all the right ingredients for a sparkling festive treat.…

  • food,  sweet treats

    Christmas Treats

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I love the food that we indulge in at Christmas: Just a few pictures of some of the goodies I enjoyed over Christmas. Happy new year!

  • Book Reviews,  books

    Review- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni

    Reading the negative reviews made me wary of reading Khaled Hosseni’s The Kite Runner. It’s not the best start to your reading experience, being told you’re going to hate something, is it? But still I read it. The novel is set against the back drop of the final days of Afghanistan’s monarchy and the oppression of the Taliban. It tells the story of two boys, Amir and Hassan, and their friendship set against the social and political conflicts of the early 1970s. The two boys exist happily enough side by side, until the day of Kabul’s annual kite-fighting tournament, when a shocking event turns the characters’ lives upside down. The…

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    A few months back, my ex boyfriend commented that I was pretty much everywhere over the web. Apparently when you search for me, I pop up on every social network you can think of. He seemed to think this was a bad thing, but personally I think that me being everywhere is good, especially when it comes to promoting my writing. So I have round up the main places when you can find me on the interwebs. My twitter page is here: https://twitter.com/tinkerbell1988. My writing can be found here: http://clairechambers.writerfolio.com/ and https://plus.google.com/113325729267612102441/posts. My photography is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueandredstars. My tumblr is http://beauty-killed-the-beast.tumblr.com. 

  • Eat Like A Londoner,  food

    Taste of London

    On the 23rd of July,  my friend and I went to the Taste of London event in Regent’s Park,  London. There was hundreds of stalls selling food and food-related items,  plus entertainment and demonstrations by celebrity chefs. Check out some pics I took: