Today, we have another fun activity lined up for you. We're now only a week away from the launch of our new book, All the Time in the World , and we're so excited! In this crossword, all the answers relevant to the book, but we've given you some unrelated clues as you won't know how they fit into the story until next week. Once you've solved the clues, all you have to do is try and fit them into the grid. Enjoy!
There are so many things we have today which were almost beyond imagination in the past. This has been particularly brought home to me this week as I'm making a few trips to our county town (more than 100 miles away), and because we lost the internet which brings home just home much we use it! Technology certainly has its benefits! In fact, looking around the room (and this is a comparatively old-fashioned room) as I'm writing this, there are so many things we take for granted which would simply not have existed even a couple of hundred years ago. You can, of course, discount anything which uses electricity and, more interestingly, all of the paperback books - of which there are hundreds - and none of the MDF bookcases either. There would have been no photographs, although there may well have been paintings and sketches of the people in them. But it's not just about taking away what is here now. It's also about what we have lost since then. Rooms needed lighting, and th...