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A reminder of just how good @ShirleyHughes_ was at representing everyday family life in her illustrations. I cycled by two children, clearly on the way to have a swim, with their goggles firmly on their foreheads. Like Lucy they knew every second counts when you’re off for a swim
@zoeannewest @womanandhome Zoe how completely brilliant to see Winston here! Do let me know if you'd like a copy of Christmas-books-maestro Alex T. Smith's brand new Christmasey book, The Grumpus? Out on 29th Sept. Clare
As I pore over the messages about dearest #ShirleyHughes serious digging has commenced in the road outside. The house is vibrating. I am taken straight back into her wonderful story The Big Concrete Lorry.
2/2 Whilst she is best known for Alfie, Dogger, Lucy & Tom and Out and About I’m taking a moment to enjoy these most favourite #ShirleyHughes. I adored Shirley and am so glad to champion her work.
On this last day of Lockdown 2 I give you Lucy & Tom at Christmas by @ShirleyHughes_. Which you could buy from your favourite bookshop, or borrow from the library as they’ll be open soon, or perhaps simply get down from the shelf to enjoy again this December.
Celebrating #BookIllustrationOfTheDay2 Don’t you long to be at the sea, listening to the waves, when you see these from Shirley Hughes. The sea, the light, the view, the shadows. Sea Singing in Stories by Firelight.
What a list! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors and illustrators. I’m especially chuffed to see @KirstyApplebaum’s The Middler on the #WCBP20 list. https://t.co/u0GJq78hXc
The first catkins swaying
Long shadows
Heron and cormorant surveying the pond
Bulrushes
Run without a swim
#lookaround #lookup #rustyrun #hampsteadheath
Andalucia has given us the clearest warm water, beautiful bays, extraordinary rock formations, scarlet and deep pink bougainvillea, moreish sticky torrejas and tapas galore.
🇪🇸 🐟 🏊♀️ 🐠 🏊♂️ 🐙
So many books and so many yellow roses #EltonJohnBook
Each time I pass his publisher in the office I start humming ‘don’t go breaking my heart’
What an icon. His soundtrack has lifted each one of my decades. Woweeee Elton!