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About ASWilliams

Angela has dual nationality, GB/NL and lives in Nijmegen. She has had short fiction published on multiple platforms and was a runner-up in the 2018 and 2017 Casket of Fictional Delights Flash Competitions. Her writing has also been published and performed by amongst others: Mslexia, Liars’ League, Reflex Fiction, the Casket and Reckon Review. In 2020 she published her short story collection, Healer, under pseudonym, Susan Carey. Tweets at @su_carey In 2025 she published her poetry collection, The Palliative Horse.

Queen of the Gymkhana -Then and Now

Posted on June 10, 2015 by ASWilliams

When I was a gal I was pony mad and during summer weekends went to horse shows to compete in gymkhana and show jumping competitions. My sister, Christine Hardinge was the first one to get the horsey bug and aged about four … Continue reading →

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Keukenhof: The Flower Paradise You Must Visit in 2025

Posted on May 11, 2015 by ASWilliams

plus 10 surprising facts about tulips. The tulip originated in Turkey and was named after the traditional tulip-shaped turban. Sixty percent of the world’s bulbs come from the Netherlands and three-quarters of all global trade in flower bulbs passes through … Continue reading →

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Wellies or Flip-flops?

Posted on April 24, 2015 by ASWilliams

Yes, the festival season is upon us. I’m not usually one for muddy fields, improvised toilets and lots of hubbub but this year I have booked two literary festivals! Firstly, the legendary Hay Festival in the Welsh Marches. Growing up … Continue reading →

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Parrots and Mermaids in het Stedelijk

Posted on March 29, 2015 by ASWilliams

The Oasis of Matisse is the largest-ever retrospective of work by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) to be shown in the Netherlands. The exhibition traces the multi-sided talent and artistic development of Matisse from his early work through to the dazzling cut-outs … Continue reading →

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Ladies & Gentlemen, March 19, 2015

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ASWilliams

Originally posted on Liars' League Leeds:
Liars’ League Leeds is delighted to present another night of marvellous storytelling. This Thursday, our Ladies & Gentlemen event takes you behind the scenes at the Coney Island freakshow, into the inner sanctum of the mysterious Cimmerian…

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Getting in a Pickle!

Posted on March 14, 2015 by ASWilliams

On 14 and 15 March an Iamsterdam event is taking place called, 24H Amsterdam. All sorts of enterprises and entrepreneurs are opening their doors to public who might not usually get a chance to sample their services or wares. One … Continue reading →

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FREE magazine by Writers Abroad

Posted on March 1, 2015 by ASWilliams

Hooray, it’s here; the second edition of Writers Abroad Magazine. Spring has sprung and a feast of FREE reading awaits you! Tickle your romantic taste-buds with short stories of love lost, love promised, love yet-to-blossom and love totally flabbergasted. The … Continue reading →

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Between Art and Kitsch

Posted on February 17, 2015 by ASWilliams

The Dutch have an ambivalent attitude to their own traditional blue and white Delftware. I rarely see it in Dutch homes, only in museums or tourists shops. The blue and white pottery leaves me a bit cold, but the tiles … Continue reading →

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Herefordian Through and Through

Posted on January 28, 2015 by ASWilliams

Touching Base That’s part of being an expat. Sometimes you need to return to your real ‘home,’ and real people. Auntie Annie was born on a farm in Herefordshire, the second eldest of five siblings. In June she will be … Continue reading →

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Shanks’s Pony Enjoys a Day at the Beach

Posted on January 5, 2015 by ASWilliams

My New Year’s resolution is more frequent use of Shanks’s Pony (Brit. idiom for walking) and I can’t think of a more picturesque and bracing place to do it than the North Holland coastline.  New Year’s Day in Holland was dismal … Continue reading →

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