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The Laudanum Lover
Posted by: Bethany Askew
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alcohol dependency, coleridge, Coleridge Cottage, drug addiction, Hartley Coleridge, Laudanum, Sara Coleridge, wordsworth
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November 28, 2015 |
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The Laudanum Lover
I sit on a high shelf above the mantelpiece in Coleridge Cottage, far from the reach of small children. Yet I have been given to them when they suffer from colic. I’m the panacea of all ills, the great analgesic of my days, used to treat anything from female menstrual cramps to diarrhoea and toothache. I am laudanum, an innocuous-looking pale yellow liquid in a small glass bottle. Bitter to the taste, I’m 10% opium diluted with 90% alcohol and I don’t even need to be prescribed by a doctor....Read More
Amazing Apple Tree Yard
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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty, Book Review, coleridge
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January 25, 2015 |
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Amazing Apple Tree Yard
Book Review: Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
I noticed this book when it was being read by the passenger next to me on our flight home from Majorca. It was the title that caught my eye and I craned my neck to read the blurb, which also sounded fascinating. My fellow passenger said she had been recommended it by a friend and although she was struggling with it slightly she was enjoying it. Read MorePlanting Poppy’s Seed
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agents, coleridge, creative writing, Poppy's Seed by Bethany Askew, publishers, self publishing, writing
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January 18, 2015 |
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Planting Poppy's Seed
I’ve just finished writing my fifth novel. This one is called "Poppy's Seed" and is about a couple who have just retired. People who know me will realise that like many of my novels, it’s semi-autobiographical. In fact the heroine in this one is more like me than in any of my other books. Many writers use present and past experiences in their work. I’m not the sort of writer who can put herself into the position of imagining places, situations...Read More
A walk with the poets
Posted by: Bethany Askew
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coleridge, Quantock hills, walking, wordsworth, writing
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February 14, 2013 |
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A walk with the poets
We went for a walk on the Quantocks the other day. It was a crisp clear morning, but cold, there was still snow on the ground. It lingers longer up here than in the vale of Taunton Deane. We took to talking about Coleridge and Wordsworth, of how they would have walked these very paths, of what we would think if we suddenly saw them now, walking towards us. Easy for us to see now that they were giants of literature, but if we came across them on our walk (fashions notwithstanding) we would see them as jobless layabouts, scrounging off others while they scribble...Read More
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Bethany Askew is the author of eight novels:
The Time Before, The World Within, Out of Step, Counting the Days, Poppy’s Seed, Three Extraordinary Years,The Two Saras and I know you, Don’t I?
She has also written a short story, The Night of the Storm, and she writes poetry.
Two more women’s fiction books have been accepted for publication in 2020 and 2021 respectively and she is currently working on a new novel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, music, theatre, walking, Pilates, dancing and voluntary work.
Bethany is married and lives in Somerset.
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