If even the title of my last post – 10 long books to read on lockdown – was enough to make you…
We meet in town, in one of the pubs. Way back when, before gastropubs and chains, before pubs got remodelled to look…
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With summer approaching and some ‘social distancing’ likely to be required even if quarantine is lifted, for those of us with cancelled…
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My Mummy is a Monster, My Children are Monsters, perhaps two phrases that are being used increasingly as we enter the Xth…
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This is about cosy reads. That sounds like a harsh term when viewed in isolation, but it’s one I like to use.…
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The 1920 Club has been happening this week, with many good choices of books to read – including the first Agatha Christie…
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Territory of Light was on many best of the year lists in 2019 – and is on my to be read list…
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In his introduction to The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories, Murakami Haruki describes the collection as giving ‘the same kind of…
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Late in December, with encouragement and gentle persuasion from Lizzy Siddal and Richard – and original inspiration from Eva Carson – I…
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Last night a writer saved my life, last night a writer saved my life from a broken heart… No one ever says…
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There’s a school of thought that The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s classic tale of teenage angst, has the shortest of windows.…
