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Introduction
Welcome to Klockworks, a collection of my writings as a journalist and author. Confessions of an Eco-Shopper is a companion blog to my book, Confessions of an Eco-Shopper: the true story of one woman's mission to go green, published by Hodder. The purpose of the blog is to keep you abreast of any updates to the content of the book, as well as allowing me to comment on current environmental stories. If you'd like to get in touch with me about the book or the blog, email me at kate@ecosmartshopper.co.uk The Press Column contains my weekly columns for The Press newspaper in York from 2006-2007. Dangerous Love contains interviews about my true-life/crime memoir published by Ebury in 2005. Reviews is a collection of various theatre and music reviews that I've done for The Press and BBC North Yorkshire More information about Dangerous Love and my other published works can be found on the Klockworks Website. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! |
Sunday, January 25
Winds of (climate) change?
by
Kate Lock
on Sun 25 Jan 2009 01:18 GMT
Even the climate-change deniers may have to stop and think twice now. The British tabloid The Sun threw its hat into the ring this week (20.01.09) with a special ‘SOS Planet Earth’ supplement (‘The Earth – We Love It’). And, as politicians and pop stars alike know, when The Sun takes things seriously (or as seriously as its sub-editors’ puns permit) then its three million or so readers do, too. more »
Thursday, January 22
Brass nerve? Taking up the trombone as a late learner
by
Kate Lock
on Thu 22 Jan 2009 10:18 GMT
New Year, new start. I’ve been playing the trombone for a couple of years now and, while it still seems presumptuous to call myself a ‘musician’, it has, in a strange way, taken over my life.
I certainly didn’t foresee this happening when I took my daughter along for her first cornet lesson, courtesy of a local brass band. I’d taken a book and was looking forward to having a bit of ‘me time’ while she got on with making strangled-cow noises. I did not expect to be blowing my own trumpet (as it were), too. more »
Wednesday, January 7
A Beginner's Guide to Climate Change
by
Kate Lock
on Wed 07 Jan 2009 23:52 GMT
Do people ‘get’ climate change? Regular people, I mean, not pundits and politicos: the folks next door, the family opposite, supermarket shoppers, the old boys down the working men’s club?
What about the pensioners in the Post Office, delivery drivers, the chavs by the bus stop? Do they care? The postman, the park-keeper, hospital patients and hairdressers, what do they make of it? As for the butcher, the baker and the (now robustly hippy) candlestick-maker, do they give it a moment’s thought in their daily lives?
Do any of us, really? more »
Allotment Chutney a winner!
by
Kate Lock
on Wed 07 Jan 2009 01:05 GMT
The digging has had to stop, temporarily. The ground is frozen hard and even stoical Steve has given up on extracting couch grass while it's still so cold. In the meantime, he's done some research on wheelbarrows - the hardware shop just down the road does one for around £30, which is not much more than B&Q so we're keeping our custom local - and while we wait for the soil to defrost we are busy consuming the Allotment Chutney. more »
Thursday, January 1
From couch potato to couch-grass queen
by
Kate Lock
on Thu 01 Jan 2009 20:30 GMT
'Oh, couch grass!' I believe this may be equivalent to swearing among allotment-holders, along with 'Damn, nettles!', 'Ouch, brambles!' and the very rude, and only used in cases of extreme provocation, 'Japanese knotweed!' more »
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