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Book Review: Midnight Fugue by Reginald Hill

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One of my Christmas presents this year was a lovely book, “Midnight Fugue” by Reginald Hill. He’s one of my favourite authors and he created the Dalziel and Pascoe police pairing often seen on TV.
The story is set over a twenty four hour period and Dalziel is back at work after recovering from a bomb […]

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Guest Post - Christine Kane - How to Survive a Bad Day

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Let’s face it. No matter how much progress we make, we’re still going to have “bad days.”
You know the ones. When the old critical voices are milling about drinking martinis and eating crab puffs in your head. You try to send them all away with your favorite powerful affirmation, but only a few of them […]

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Guest Post - Christine Kane - Who Do you Think You Are?

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You’ve heard it.
I’ve heard it.
Sometimes we even joke about it because it’s so common.
I’m talking about the snarky voice in your head that mouths off whenever you think about being a little bolder, a little decadent, or more self-nurturing.
It’s the voice that says, “Who do you think you are?”
I’m embarrassed to admit this, but mine […]

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Happy New Year

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This morning (New Years day) I woke up and was shocked to think that ten years had passed since the millennium. How quickly the time has gone. At that time I was a head teacher at a wonderful small school in Cheshire and the children prepared a delightful millennium concert for the parents, to celebrate […]

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From the Editor: Welcome to Through the Looking Glass (January/February 2010)

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I can’t believe that it’s 2010.  It seems like only yesterday we were talking about Y2K.  New years bring thoughts of resolutions and goals, new beginnings, and the joy of bringing the wonderful things from our past forward.   When Alice picked up a copy of Jabberwocky,  she embarked upon a journey that into a […]

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