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Hosking Houses Trust

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Offering residencies to women writers over forty, with publishing contract Peace, time, money

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Today is Virginia Woolf's birthday, and we celebrated with a trustees' meeting of HHT, which has given reality to 'A Room of One's own'.

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Visited Tracey Emin, new patron, at her studio;beautifully converted 18thC building, magnificently/professionally equipped/creative ambience

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Joan Bakewell reading 'Stop the Clocks', Radio 4, 9.45 sites the country cottage in which she wrote it: that is Church Cottage, owned by HHT

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Attended Joan Bakewell's launch of her book 'Stop the Clocks' which she wrote in our Cottage, lovely occasion and she writes so well.

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Installed sixty-fifth writer in Church Cottage for five week residency; privacy and peace plus clean bed, logs for fire and a cheque.

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HHT is allocated £50,000 by Foyle Foundation, £10,000 for five years, called the Skoyles Bursaries Fund to be spend on writers' bursaries.

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International women's day, HURRAH. HHT has been fighting the corner for clever women who need a bolt-holeand support for twenty years.

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Our writers' retreat is above the river flood line as the River Stour flooded last week. Dated 1760, it sits above any recorded flood line.

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Our sixty-fifth writer ensconced today in Church Cottage, Martine Bailey, her second visit, writing her third novel for Hodder and Stoughton

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Britain is in chaos and our politics in meltdown. It’s up us to save the country we love -- join here: secure.avaaz.org/en/uk_future_2…

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Our childhood lavatory was a garden shed, torn up newspaper hung on a nail, the boys put toads in there to scare us. Long live ladies' loos.

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In contrast to all received serious Tweets, chicken's 'scaley leg'is caused by mites, cured by rubbing the legs with Vaseline. Miraculous.

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Lifetime of Labour belief shattered by poor politicians poorly led. Where are Beveridge, Atlee, Castle and Williams? x.com/guardian/statu…