James Nason - Basildon Borough History Website (updated)

James Nason is the man behind the fabulous website: https://basildonhistory.wixsite.com/essex, he also volunteers as a webmaster and researcher for the Basildon Borough Heritage Group. He's accused me of stalking him as I keep coming up with info about him that he hasn't told me, I've just got my stalker, no eh hmm, researcher hat on. The Radion Project was also mentioned.

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

I've got lots of news to shout about. 1. Just one day to my talk at Keene Hall, Watchouse Road, Galleywood. The talk will commence at 8.00pm, please arrive about 7:45 if you plan to go. Fun fact! I was actually born seventeen years to the day after Basildon New Town came into existence. Basildon New Town was born on (so to speak) 4 January 1949 and I was born on 4 January 1966. Don't you think that is odd?! A bit spooky! 2. A lot is happening behind the scenes towards Basildon Writers' Group's second anthology. Very exciting! But it's not my place to say more, except that I have a story in said book. 3. My musical son has a lovely voice, just thought I'd get that in there! I recently thought of when I was in the community play for Basildon in 1989 called Beorhtel's Hill, that was thirty-four years ago now! That is history, relatively speaking. I sent some photos to the Basildon Heritage Group for their archives. Photographs from behind the scenes and the...

Rose Cleary - How to be a French Girl

I interviewed Rose Cleary on 30th March 2021 in what was still the lockdown periods. I chose to do podcasts at the time to widen my narrowing world. Rose Cleary has her debut novel out now called How to be a French Girl . Rose Cleary, born 1990, is an author and writer from Essex. Her writing has been previously published in the New Socialist, The Southend's Twilight Worlds, Hyperallergic and TOMA. She has exhibited her art internationally at galleries including Nahmad Projects and The Vaults in London, and Backlit Gallery in Nottingham. How to be a French Girl is her debut novel. You can follow her on Instagram and visit her website http://rosecleary.com/ 3:AM Magazine has printed an extract from the book here . Read a post by Rose on the London Review Book Shop where she talks about the process of writing the book here . https://www.lisajhorner.com/

Au Revoir

If I write any blogposts it will be on my website https://www.lisajhorner.com/ Au Revoir!

Lisa Horner Writer & Artist

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