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    Bloggers Beware The Copyright Trolls – Even If You Use Royalty-Free Images

    If you create content online, you already know the value of using images legally. The internet is awash with copyright theft, and professional photographers and agencies understandably want to protect their work. But what happens when you think you’re playing by the rules — and still get hit with a copyright claim? I recently received…

  • A picture showing Jacqueline Lambert's memoir More Manchester Than Mongolia with the caption 'Winner - Readers' Favorite 5* seal', a copy of the award badge, and an excerpt from the five star review which is featured in the post text.

    Comic Travel Memoir Wins a Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal: ‘More Manchester Than Mongolia’]

    I’m absolutely chuffed to bits to share that my upcoming release More Manchester Than Mongolia: An Unespected Road Trip Through Back Road Britain, has been awarded the prestigious Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal! “This is an outstanding read and a must-have for anyone who enjoys adventure stories, family journeys, and humorous travel memoirs.” Luwi Nyakansaila for Readers’…

  • Cover of Jacaueline Lambert's new memoir 'More Manchester Than Mongolia: An Unexpected Road Trip Through Back Road Britain' with a special pre-order e book offer of 99p/99c and the tet The Comic Memoir of a Grand Plan Gone Wrong along with a review quote stating the reader hadn't laughed so much since reading Pam Ayres poetry in 1976!

    Special Launch Offer – New Travel Book from Aeard-Winning Author

    I am thrilled to announce that More Manchester Than Mongolia: An Unexpected Road Trip Through Back Road Britain, my new humorous travel memoir will be released as an eBook and Paperback on Friday 5th December 2025 – in time for Christmas. The ebook is available at the special launch price of 99p/99c in the UK,…

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    ‘Malmesbury: A Flying Monk, A Fallen Spire, & England’s Forgotten Capital’ Writers’ Open House

    Author Robert Fear runs a creative writing showcase every year on his Fred’s Blog. This year, he is running it as a Writers’ Open House which is free to enter and open to all genres. You can find the Writers’ Open House submission guidelines HERE. The main stipulations are that it should be previously unpublished,…

  • The canal at Burscough Lancashire, with buildings and reflections in the water

    Did You Miss Any Of These? Monthly Round Up July 2025

    We’re still in the UK escaping Schengen, but have booked our ferries to France and Morocco. Our application for a Schengen-busting French Long Stay Visa was successful, so we now have 180 days in France, with 90 days in Schengen either side. We depart these fair shores on the 7th August, so watch out for…

  • A black and white shot of Tom Lehrer with a piano as he performed in Copenhagen in 1967

    A Tribute to Tom Lehrer: The Wit Who Inspired Generations (Including Me and My Dad

    I’m so sorry to hear that a great hero of mine, Tom Lehrer, died today, aged 97. There are wordsmiths, and then there’s Tom Lehrer. Wickedly clever, deliciously irreverent, and unflinchingly satirical, Lehrer could turn polysyllabic tongue-twisters into piano-driven comedy gold. He made nuclear Armageddon funny, the periodic table lyrical, and politics absurd long before…

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