May 16th Monday. Having Tuesday on Monday this week for various reasons; Joan gone into Worthing for her day off, and Mrs Prosser here this morning.
The first part of the sentence is a very Romie-ish statement!. (I knew her as Romie).
… high blustery wind … (Diary, 15/5/88)
May 15th Sunday. Tea with Geraldine, high blustery wind but actually too hot to have tea in the garden!
… the banks frothing with Queen Anne’s lace … (Diary, 14/5/88)
May 14th Saturday. Lovely day, we took Muriel out for a run, and had our tea on the green at the White Horse at Chilgrove. May everywhere, and the banks frothing with Queen Anne’s lace. Very hot and sultry. The cuckoo calling this evening.
… the Rosemary Sutcliff edition on the radio this morning … (Diary, 13/5/88)
May 13th Friday. Penelope Lively’s Treasure Islands, the Rosemary Sutcliff edition, on radio this morning. Came over well, I thought.
Treasure Islands was a BBC programme about children’s literature, hosted by Penelope Lively (I now discover). Now begins the hunt for a transcript and better still, a recording! Anyone?
‘Kalegarth’ in Frontier Wolf by Rosemary Sutcliff
From a blog, now dis-continued, about historical novel for children Frontier Wolf by Rosemary Sutcliff:
It’s curious that this was marketed as a young adult novel – yes, the protagonist is young and the book is short (196 pages), but it’s a regular novel that some teens would enjoy if they are advanced readers. It even has a brief mention of sex (that was Robert Heinlein’s definition of his juvenile novels: short adult novels with no sex). Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 