In The Captain’s Wife the irrepressible Rosie Marshall, whom we first met in The Captain’s Daughter, is now Rosie Haworth, married to John Haworth, R.N., her Real Captain. She’s known to the world’s telly-viewing public as Lily Rose Rayne, 21st-century Marilyn Monroe, darling of the tabloids, and star of the hugely popular television series The Captain’s Daughter—but of course in real life she’s a research fellow in sociology. Her idea is that she’ll give up the TV stuff—not least because she’s pregnant. She’s got more than enough on her plate, with a big research project to finish off and another one in the pipeline.

But it’s a case of the best-laid plans, as Rosie plunges herself into finding someone to take over her rôle, and copes with the ups and downs of married life – “a lot harder than in your up-yourself carefree bachelor-girl days you ever imagined it was gonna be. I mean, three days back from your honeymoon and barely over the jet-lag when his new orders arrive?” And then there’s the baby, due in September. September 2001…

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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