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An early draft of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men was eaten by his dog.

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It's good weather for penguins.

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The Bechdel Test is a test created by cartoonist Alison Bechdel which asks if a film meets the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man.

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When Robert Louis Stevenson was a student in Edinburgh he was once arrested for throwing snowballs.

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Lewis Carroll almost always brewed his tea for exactly ten minutes.

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When Charles Dickens wasn't busy writing novels that we tell ourselves we're going to read, he enjoyed giving himself bizarre nicknames. These included 'The Inimitable', 'Resurrectionist', and 'The Sparkler of Albion', a reference to Shakespeare's somewhat less forced nickname: 'The Bard of Avon'. Steady on, Boz

The Book and Coffee Shop's cover photo

The Book and Coffee Shop

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It's getting colder outside, but it's warm in The Book and Coffee Shop. Disclaimer: the swirl on the coffee was a one time thing and I'll probably never be able to recreate it.

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Barges On The Barrow, The River Boat Show with Little John Nee

Messing about on the river....