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The Waverley Gazette

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Mince pies banned? Make your own with this recipe!

When mince pies get banned, how do those who love them, cope? Well, a simple solution is just to make your own. We are resourceful canny folk. If we could get together with family who went before, it would be fascinating to hear about the years when Christmas was banned in Scotland; and the tuts uttered when jelly was used in a trifle (beginner's mistake...)  and to hear about ways around these trifles... Mince Pies Banned in Renfrewshire! Here is the antidote - a recipe from the Glasgow Cookery Book so you can make your own

 

 

Charles Kingsley used a Commonplace notebook

Part of our series on users of the Commonplace notebook, this note is about the British social reformer, Christian Socialist and writer Charles Kingsley. His best known popular work of the time is probably The Water Babies, but with over 40 novels, short stories and poems to his name, Kingsley packed in a prolific output in a short time. His secret? Passion, intellect, faith and his use of the commonplace notebook in which to gather his thoughts and ideas.

Kingsley, the prolific campaigner and Victorian reformer and novelist

Waverley Gazette November 1 2023

In this new publication from Waverley Books, our 'Waverley Gazette' will appear (from time to time, sporadically and occasionally, or possibly intermittently) with top stories for today... Present and Past (and that's another story)

 

Waverley Gazette 1 Nov 2023

 

Meet us at the London Book Fair 18 - 20 April 2023, Olympia

LONDON BOOK FAIR - stand number 2D90

Waverley Books and Geddes & Grosset exhibit at the London Book Fair this year - the dates are: Tuesday 18 April - 20 April 2023. We will exhibit our books at Stand number 2D90

Please get in touch if you would like to meet us there.

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