“The Captain’s Daughter” is a romantic comedy centred round a television series in production. Possibly for anyone else a fellowship at London University entailing a sociological study of the dynamics of a workplace group would not result in a masquerade as the 21st-century Marilyn Monroe, darling of the tabloids, and singing, tap-dancing telly actress—but Rosie Marshall from Sydney, Australia, isn’t anyone else! Five-foot-two, all curves in the right places, a pearly-pink skin topped by a mop of blonde curls, and an incurably optimistic temperament.

By turns giggling madly or bawling her eyes out, the unquenchable Rosie stumbles from crisis to crisis, trying to conceal that the fact that she’s actually doing the telly stuff for her research, falling completely, but apparently hopelessly, for a dishy but much older and very up-market real Royal Navy captain, falling into bed with a dishy British actor…

COOKING & CURIOSITIES

The cookery blog WHAT WE ATE documents 70-odd years of personal experience of the food and culture of New Zealand & Australia, and some of the history of the recipes. Find the version which uses the revised Blogger software, with links to the earlier posts, at: What We Ate:

Some oddities and favourite things, some for sheer fun, some because they’re so attractive I wanted to share them, feature in A Modern Cabinet of Curiosities:


Enjoy! Any queries or comments? The “Blogger” software allows you to post them online, but you can always contact me at katywiddop@gmail.com


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