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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Modern History of Britain

Andrew Marr has filmed a series for the BBC on the political, social, and cultural changes in the UK since WWII, called "Modern History of Britain". While you can't get the video outside the UK, each decade has been summarised in a good article, with a

Writers Under The Arch

I want a t-shirt that says: "I read my story at WUTA and survived." Tuesday night was our first Writers Under The Arch (WUTA) meeting. There were three NaNoWriMo veterans besides me and Hubby, and a whole bunch of people who have had stories published. You reads

Coinage

I like foreign coins, most of this lot were picked up at a coin place in town with a huge bucketful you can paw through. I use a US quarter as a size reference in some spinning photos, but it's not my only option. The coins on the

Discoveries

Made an astonishing discovery this week: spinning when I get a little spare time makes it go a lot faster than saving it up for bi-monthly sessions. I started the project that's been taking up all the space in my fibre box, 8oz of Crown Mountain Farms

Fusion by laser

BBC News: Laser vision fuels energy future. Researchers from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire, working with partners from 14 countries, have tabled a proposal to use lasers to recreate the physical reactions at the heart of the Sun. Harnessing nuclear fusion, as the process is known, would offer

Spinning FO: Water Nymph Merino/Silk

Spunky Eclectic's merino silk is great to spin, much easier pre-drafted though. It feels more solid than either merino or silk, and I was careful when I plied it. This skein is balanced, no excess twist here, that's a first. 276 yds of beautiful yarn,

Everyday history

BBC News: A study of life in the 1930s . From the soup-eating habits of the middle classes to the application of face cream - a pioneering study of everyday life in Britain is celebrating its 70th birthday... and was the inspiration for Victoria Wood's double Bafta-winning drama.

Knit and spin

The first Panda Monkey sock is complete, second in progress. Really pleased with how the heel and toe turned out, I've never done a multicoloured sock before. The yarn splits horribly, but I think these will be good socks. Got a bobbin and a bit spun from 4oz

Scriptalicious

Script Frenzy starts in a few days, the goal is to write a 20,000 word screenplay in 30 days. It's a production of The Office of Letters and Light, the people behind National Novel Writing Month. Hubby is writing a script and I'm not going

Raising Atlantis

BBC News: The wave that destroyed Atlantis. The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami. Until about 3,500 years ago,

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