Museum Quiz — Answers
Hopefully you are reading this page because you have already had a go at my museum quiz, if not, no cheating now, click here to try the quiz. 1. b) The Louvres has held the top spot of most visited...
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I thought that seeing as under lockdown all our favourite museums and galleries around the world are closed we could do with some museum-related fun. So I’ve created a quiz based on some of the...
View ArticleLibrary Quiz — Answers
Here are the answers to my library quiz (if you haven’t had a go yet please click here). 1. c) The Library of Congress. As of 2017 the Library of Congress in Washington DC had 162 million items in its...
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Welcome to my library quiz! It’s packed full of fun library facts from my book A Library Miscellany, do have a go and let me know how you get on. Answers in a separate post here (no cheating!). 1....
View ArticleBook Lovers’ Quiz — Answers
Here are the answers to my book lovers’ quiz (if you have not had a go yet you can see the questions here). Let me know how you got on! 1. Real name...
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I’ve really enjoyed writing quizzes based on my Miscellany books over the last few weeks (if you have missed them you can try my museum quiz here and my library quiz here) so for my final foray please...
View ArticleTrees and Sympathetic Magic
Trees have long been important to humans. Not only do they provide firewood, offer shelter and make useful waymarkers but they were also often at the heart of sacred spaces, providing a place for...
View ArticleThe Lore of the Wild
I am so pleased to announce my next book, an illustrated children’s non-fiction title The Lore of the Wild. This book is a dream come true for me, creating an introduction to nature folklore for...
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I had the absolute pleasure of talking all things nature folklore with Mel Schuit from Quarto Kids Cast. It was really lovely to talk about my inspiration and writing process for Lore of the Wild and...
View ArticleWhy we no longer keep the dead body in the home
In July 2023 I wrote an article exploring why in England we no longer keep the dead body in the home, based off part of my PhD research into the folklore of death and dying in nineteenth-century rural...
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