Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 53
October 16, 2017
A writer’s retreat: at home in France
Autumn has come, and the lawns surrounding my house in Ireland are carpeted with leaves in glorious colours. The view from my writing desk over the countryside is beautiful, and different, […]
October 9, 2017
Anthony and Cleopatra: an enduring love story
Passionate, dramatic, epic: the love story of Anthony and Cleopatra is arguably the most famous and enduring of all time. What sets this story apart from those of other great […]
October 2, 2017
Favourite autumnal quotations
The leaves on the trees in my garden are a riot of colour: crimson and ochre and russet and gloriously ripe yellow. The lawns are scattered with fallen leaves that […]
September 28, 2017
10 facts you may not know about dictionaries
One of my hobbies is reading dictionaries; not cover to cover, because that would take an age, but dipping in and out. I love to learn about languages – both […]
September 25, 2017
Bringing sculpture to life: The Sevillian school of sculpture
Seville, capital of Andalusia, setting of my romantic trilogy: Indiscretion, Masquerade and Legacy. On the map for its rich historical and cultural sites, like the Alcázar palace complex and the Cathedral, […]
September 21, 2017
A reading corner of one’s own
Where do you read books? On the train, perhaps, and in a doctor’s waiting room; in a few spare minutes before going out, or while the pasta is simmering on […]
September 18, 2017
Spain’s legendary female knight: the Lady of Arintero
‘Female knight’ may well strike you as a contradiction in terms: how could a knight of medieval times be a woman? Surely this was a male domain? When you imagine […]
September 14, 2017
Epic love stories of history: The lovers of Teruel
Two marble hands reaching for each other, immortalised for all time; these are the 12th-century lovers Diego and Isabel, whose tomb to this day attracts romantics from all over the […]
September 11, 2017
Seville’s Plaza de España, the most beautiful in Spain?
Did you know that the plaza – a large, open urban public space, especially a square – originated in Spain? The Spanish built them to be the hub of towns […]
September 7, 2017
Epic love stories of history: Layla and Majnun
‘Layla, you’ve got me on my knees. Layla, I’m begging, darling, please. Layla, darling, won’t you ease my worried mind.’ So sang Eric Clapton. ‘Layla’ is widely heralded as one […]
