Spoilers aweigh! Maneater may be flawed but it boasts an admirable commitment to fast, no-nonsense kills. For the shark it’s like one of those expensive 17-course taster menus where they whisk your plate away and something else instantly appears. And it is expensive for the shark, who eventually pays with — ding ding — its… Who dies / swims, who dares, wins: Maneater’s order of deaths, and that ending Read More
Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy buys a massive, very flash Lamborghini R8 tractor. Everyone tells him it’s too big. It’s 10 tons with 40 forward and… Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Three hundred acres on Jeremy’s farm are uncultivated meadows, with DEFRA paying him not to grow crops on it. Rather than undertake… Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy visits his local farm shop, the very posh Daylesford. He buys everything for a Ploughman’s lunch for him and Kaleb and… Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) In 30 years, insect numbers have dropped by 25%. The loss of ancient woodlands, and fields becoming larger so they can be… Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) It’s February 2020. Jeremy is preparing for lambing season, and they’ve built a lambing barn. But soon the news is full of… Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking Read More
Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy has already been faced with torrential rains for weeks, followed by long dry spells. He has planted sunflowers, pumpkins and sweetcorn,… Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) There are jobs to be completed before harvest time arrives. Jeremy gets to work on his and Lisa’s new water bottling plant,… Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy relates a typical very busy day, though it is also the quiet before the storm: wake up at 8.30, coffee… Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked
Very spoilery. (If your looking for my review, it’s here.) There are surprisingly few deaths in The Reef: Stalked, as it’s as much about Nic coming to terms with her sister Cath’s murder, her own guilt at what happened and her grief-stricken reaction in the months after. Eventually the surviving friends have to work together… Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked Read More
Elliott vs Wentworth: who wins? You decide!
If we’re going to update Jane Austen’s classic with lady hangovers, 21st century slang and house bunnies, then why not consider reworking the ending too. And who better to do this than me? Not only is this my website, but like Anne I am the middle one of three girls and the family dogsbody (don’t… Elliott vs Wentworth: who wins? You decide! Read More
Persuasion re-cap: romance, rabbits and rich relatives
The rich, handsome, strategic William Elliott “could attach himself to a potato if it suited him.” So how does it end? Does her love life remain all mashed up or will one of her suitors get his chips? And how did I write a paragraph about potatoes without including a You Tuber joke? Check out… Persuasion re-cap: romance, rabbits and rich relatives Read More
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