Tag Archives: age

It’s been a long time…

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I did not expect to be away quite so long! Ill-health – or rather the ills that beset Old Age – dogged me over the summer, and I began to think that my tag-line It’s not too late might after … Continue reading →

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China through fiction

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I have long been intrigued by the China I have met through fiction, from Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, to John Hersey’s A Single Pebble and Jung Chang’s Wild Swans, as distinguished examples. And now I … Continue reading →

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Time for Reflection

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

Time now for a break from my current obsession with The Amazon’s Girdle. Almost all the reviews I’ve seen are five star, which is wonderful, and I am so grateful to everyone who posted on amazon’s website, or on Goodreads. … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Women at St John’s

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

Just back from a great celebration of 2000 women at St John’s College, Oxford. Somewhat disconcerting to consider that 2000 men at St John’s was a milestone reached several hundred years ago, while the first women were only admitted in … Continue reading →

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Woof… sigh…woooof!

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

It is amazing me how long it takes for this Old Dog to learn the trick of posting entries on my new website. How can it be that difficult? I know how to use a keyboard, I’ve visited thousands of … Continue reading →

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Must a writer be young?

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Elizabeth Mapstone

I was 6 when decided to be a writer.  World War II was in full swing, and my father was away in the army, so I planned to cheer him up when he couldn’t be at home, by creating books … Continue reading →

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