Edinburgh (2004) Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, designated in 2004. It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar. Publishing Scotland, the national body for… More UK Cities of Literature – part three
Nottingham is a UK City of Literature and boasts a rich history of literary figures. (See our previous blogs on Lord Byron, and D.H. Lawrence ) Now it was time to hit the city centre. Keen to discover more about the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature the City Adventurers set off to follow one of their suggested routes in… More UK Cities of Literature – part two
Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. It is joined by Nottingham and Manchester.… More UK Cities of Literature
Do you ever long for a bit of adventure in your life? Are you looking for somewhere or something to explore? Or maybe you love solving things, such as puzzles and word games, or pulling all the clues together and solving a problem Well, you are not alone. Join the City Adventurers and share experiences,… More Satisfy your inner Indiana Jones or Miss Marple and become a City Adventurer
The other day we were clearing out a book case and I came across my copy of The Lost Continent, Travels in Small-Town America. This was Bill Bryson’s first travel book, in which he chronicled a trip in his mother’s Chevy around small town America in the late 1980’s. Ian and I first went on… More The Lost Continent
The First Lady by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois Blog by Ian Thirkettle I have just finished reading ‘The First Lady’ by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. This was a typical Patterson rollercoaster that drew me in, got me hooked and kept me until the end. It won’t win a Booker or Pulitzer Prize, but,… More First Lady
America faces a cyber-threat of such magnitude it will return the country to the ‘dark ages’. This key word is known only to POTUS and his six closest aides: the NSA head, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of Defense, the CIA director, the secretary of homeland security and the Vice President –… More The President is Missing!
Having read a lot of murder mystery books recently (check out reviews on https://itmgames.co.uk/blog/) I decided to read something for a change. How about a nice little winters tale? So I picked up Coming Home To A Winter Wonderland by international best selling author Nora Roberts. The blurb told me it was a Christmas story… More Do you ever start reading a book and realise it’s not what you thought it was?
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Guest blog from Ian Thirkettle. Tales of the Black Widowers and More Tales of the Black Widowers Recently we decided to clear the loft and I came across a couple of old mystery books. These were Tales of the Black Widowers and More Tales of the Black Widowers both by Isaac Asimov. These are collections… More Review of Tales of the Black Widowers and More Tales of the Black Widowers