Alison Percival wrote a fascinating post last week about book titles and how important they were to the success of a publication. She has changed the working title of her own novel a number of times...
Sweden’s Stonehenge – Ales Stenar
If you’ve been watching ‘Vikings’ on BBC Two, you will have seen the presenter, Neil Oliver: a modern day Braveheart, all Scottish brogue and wild, flowing locks. Did you hear him mention the stone ships...
When Rory met Ronnie
“Is that Quincy Jones on the next table?” “No, looks nothing like him.” “Hang on, I’ll google him…..no, doesn’t look anything like him, but it must be him.” “It isn’t!” “It must be!” This...
Mum’s gone to Sweden: Living the life of luxury
We had planned to do lots of sightseeing from our final stop, Ystad. I had booked four nights in my splurge hotel of the fortnight, the Ystad Saltsjöbad, and it was so fabulous,...
Mum’s gone to Sweden: Where’s Wallander?
“Look! You can see our hotel at the end of the beach!” I piped up, simultaneously pausing the action as I pointed at the TV, “It’s just in the distance, a hundred yards from...
Mum’s gone to Sweden: Alien Adventures in Ängelholm
Ängelholm hadn’t been my first choice when choosing a stop on our Swedish fly-drive. I’d rather fancied staying in Båstad, the tennis capital of Sweden, where the Open is played in early July. Truth be told,...
Mum’s Gone to Sweden: In search of the elusive Klitterhus
A sunny morning in Trollhättan, and a final hearty breakfast by way of Albert’s Kok (right, must stop the double entendres) before our journey to find the elusive Klitterhus (oops, done it again). We...
Mum’s Gone to Sweden: Getting a soaking on the Bohuslän coast
We didn’t think we would see any of the famous Bohuslän coast during our trip round Sweden. We had promised ourselves that maybe we would travel to this part another time. But it dawned...