So as we all know, this month is Nonfiction November, as well as being the month where the intrepid attempt to write…
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There are so many good reading challenges around on Twitter and Instagram, but often I only realise when they are nearly over!…
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October is the UK’s Black History Month and so Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi was a serendipitous find at the library last week.…
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If you were captivated by the recent HBO series, Chernobyl, and especially the story of Lyudmila Ignatenko and her husband, Vasily, one…
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When Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015, the reports noted that English translations of her work were ‘sparse.’ Happily…
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Ten years ago today, I sat up in bed with a cup of tea and the laptop, messing around with WordPress. In…
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There aren’t enough books out there like What About Reb, so be warned that when you finish reading it, you are likely…
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The film channel here in Japan likes to show things in sequence, so it was that I spent a recent winter’s evening…
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Technologic A summer holiday should be a good opportunity to step away from the technology which can dominate our attention through the…
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It is probably a little too late for you to read The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Power by Alex Nunns before…
