Did anyone see …?
This question on a programme on tv last night? No need to phone a friend
Read more28th January 2009
Learning with Harry
Did anyone else see the Antiques Roadshow this evening? I caught the tail-end of the piece on Ladybird Book original artwork and had to catch up on what I’d missed on the BBC iPlayer. Just one comment (leaving aside the…
Read moreAnd the winner is …
It will come as no surprise to regular visitors to www.ladybirdflyawayhome.com that the winner of this year’s Wise Robin Christmas ladybird quiz (see posting below) is Nicole.Let nobody doubt that Nicole knows her Ladybird stuff; she has been a regular…
Read moreA Ladybird Christmas
How does that John Lewis ad go? If you know the person, you’ll find the present. Here is a quick insight into what my friends and family think of when choosing a gift for me. These are some, but not…
Read moreThis year’s Christmas quiz.
Better late than never … This year’s Ladybird Books Christmas Quiz is here.Click the white arrow in the green box below. (Below, not the one to the side). Watch the video. Which two featured books are intruders and shouldn’t be…
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Two more broadsheets have printed full obituaries to Douglas Keen this week. Here are the online versions: The Times The Independent Following The Guardian obit, readers wrote letters for days afterwards saying why Ladybird had been important for them too….
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The Daily Mail article
Here’s the link to the online version of the article on Douglas Keen, which was published in the Daily Mail today.
Read moreThe Guardian – Douglas Keen
On Saturday, The Guardian – Keen’s favourite newspaper – published an obituary. If you missed it, you’ll find a version of it here. It was written by Cressida Connolly , who I’ve never met but who I think must be…
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Why the silence?
Douglas Keen was a remarkable man who lived a remarkable life. He was: visionary; arguably the main reason for the transformation of Ladybird from jobbing printers to publishing phenomenon the man who led Ladybird to enter the market of non-fiction…
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