The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
BBC Beekeeper
Several years ago, BBC Radio 4 did an adaptation of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. If you don’t know Radio Four, this is the radio station that covers not music, but the word: dramas, comedies, in-depth reports on news and history, it’s a genius source of wit and wisdom the like of which does not really exist in…
Read MoreSheep; gorse: Sussex
I spent a few days in Sussex recently, and… In my seven weeks of peripatetic reading amongst the sheep (which tended to move out of my way) and the gorse bushes (to which I had painfully developed an instinctive awareness) I had never before stepped on a person…
Read MoreThe Meeting, a hundred years on
One hundred years ago, something happened. Something vastly important. An event that reverberated down the ages. If you’ve been following the Monday posts on this blog, you’ll know that two days and a hundred years ago, Miss Russell planned on taking a walk from her inherited home across the Sussex Downs to the Channel. And we…
Read MoreLives Change @ Mary Russell
Today’s your last day to tell me “How The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Changed my Life” or: “When I First Met Mary Russell, She…” This year’s celebration of libraries, whose theme for National Library Week this year has been: Lives Change @ Your Library. (And yes, there will be Extra Points Given for a mention of libraries…
Read MoreBeekeeper, renewed!
Today we’re celebrating twenty years of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, when Mary Russell was introduced to the world and her “author” (or—editor?) Laurie R. King encountered the joys and madness of a fan community. Yes, I’m talking about you guys. Today also marks the sale date for the gorgeous new Picador hardback: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Twentieth Anniversary…
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