by Clare Flynn | Jan 7, 2017
Here’s the promised follow up to my post of a few days ago on my reading during 2016. Of the 58 books I read, 36 were on my Kindle with a decent 40% of physical books. I find the Kindle Paperwhite is easier to read in bed as I don’t need to have lights on...
by Clare Flynn | Jan 4, 2017
I set myself a target of reading a book a week in 2016 and managed to surpass this with 58. I’ve set myself the tougher goal of 60 books – or 5 a month for 2017 as, without a house move to undertake this year, I should be able to fit in more reading time....
by Clare Flynn | Dec 8, 2016
I spent a very interesting morning exploring Standen and its grounds this week. The house, just outside East Grinstead, was built for the Beale family between 1891 and 1894 by the renowned Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb. James Beale was a prosperous London...
by Clare Flynn | Sep 28, 2016
Thanks to the Sussex Archaeological Society I was lucky enough to have a tour of Compton Place here in Eastbourne. The house and grounds are owned by the Duke of Devonshire and for the past sixty years have been leased to a ladies’ finishing school which since...
by Clare Flynn | Sep 17, 2016
I’ve just had a fabulous week painting in France – blessed with beautiful weather until the very last day when a much-needed downpour arrived – the commune next door had actually run out of water. I was staying in the Creuse valley near Crozant – a stunningly...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 28, 2015
I have been very neglectful blogging lately – but the past 2 months have been very busy. I was getting my next novel off to the editor; I went to Denver to the Historical Novel Society Conference; I was in the process of moving house – something...
