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Fact: not all Housing Benefit tenants are trouble!

Posted on November 7, 2011November 21, 2011 by Alison
I’ve not had a very good day today. The house we are living in was meant to be a short term arrangement – we moved in a rush and we don’t much like the house, and it’s way too ... Read More

Review – the first Networking Women Conference

Posted on September 15, 2011November 21, 2011 by Alison
OK I’ll come clean straight away. I’m not really a big fan of women-only networking. I go to Networking Women now and then, but only really because I do their website and like to keep in t... Read More

Sad news about Truck Festival going into liquidation

Posted on August 23, 2011November 21, 2011 by Alison
Really sad to read that the company behind the Truck Festival has gone into liquidation. I was introduced to Truck in 2003 and have been every year since, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Having been to Gla... Read More

What makes a house a home?

Posted on May 22, 2011March 6, 2012 by Alison
The last time I lived in a house that felt like a home was in 2005. Four years  earlier, having finally escaped from the long term, controlling relationship with my children’s father, the kids ... Read More

4Networking – business networking at its best!

Posted on August 11, 2009September 3, 2009 by Alison
I’ve been involved with business networking organisation 4Networking for about 18 months now and it’s had a huge impact not only on my business but on my whole life. Unlike many business n... Read More
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The Rose Petal Beach
5 of 5 stars
The Rose Petal Beach
by Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, and this is definitely the best of the four books I've read by her (though the others were marvellous too!). I think the thing about her books is that on the surface they look...
tagged: read-in-2012 and highly-recommended
The Guy Selling Rubbish
1 of 5 stars
The Guy Selling Rubbish
by Jack Williams
A freebie Kindle book and a quick read (well under a hour) that gave me a snigger or two. After attempting to seel so,e rubbish on ebay for a laugh, the guy in the book is challenged by a friend to sell more and make some money. Over the...
tagged: read-in-2013
A Cromer Corpse
3 of 5 stars
A Cromer Corpse
by Kelvin I Jones
I was attracted to this because it had Cromer - my favourite place - in the title. When a body is pulled from the sea off Cromer with an unusual mark carved on it, an ex detective recently relocated from Cornwall to Norfolk for a quiet ...
tagged: read-in-2013 and thriller-crime

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