Charlotte Reid

Author: Charlotte Reid

  • Tips for creative writing in radio

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    Before Easter some of the University of Lincoln’s journalism students were treated to a talk from Harry Youtt, who teaches creative writing at UCLA, about how to write creatively for radio. Here’s my notes from the talk. To get an idea of what works on the radio it’s good to listen to other examples of…

  • Writing for online

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    Earlier this year I presented a lecture about ‘Writing for online’ at the University of Lincoln. This is the next step on from ‘Tips for blogging and tweeting’ and looks more specifically at how websites for newspapers and magazines work. Design is important to consider for newspaper and magazine layout, and the same applies to…

  • Creme egg millionaire’s shortbread

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    It has become tradition that at Easter I bake something creme egg related. Previously I’ve made cupcakes and brownies and this year I have created creme egg millionaire’s shortbread. These sweet bites have a homemade creme egg filling, instead of caramel, and a chocolate topping covered with mini creme eggs. These biscuits aren’t too complicated…

  • Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens

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    I’ve been discovering more about Sheffield and this week I walked to the Botanical Gardens. There was plenty of pretty flowers, including some Bird of Paradise flowers, and I tried to take lots of arty photos with my smartphone.

  • Adventure lamb with Mark Sargeant

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    British food has become more than just your meat and two veg as international flavours are influencing home cooking. Research by Simply Beef and Lamb has found that British people, especially children, are more adventurous at mealtimes. The Michelin starred chef Mark Sargeant has been working with Simply Beef and Lamb to create some easy…

  • Book club: March

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    This month my books have mostly been trapped inside boxes as we moved to Sheffield. This means I had to rely upon my Kindle instead. It’s really handy to have a collection of books available at the tap of a finger so even when I finished one book I still had plenty more available to…

  • Sheffield’s fountains turn yellow

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    The fountain at Sheffield’s Peace Gardens turned yellow recently to celebrate 100 days until the Tour de France arrives in Sheffield. Yellow was chosen to represent the winning jersey at the Tour de France. In the evening UV lights were set up near the fountain to make them luminous. The water was made yellow by…