A visit to ‘Slightly Foxed’ has been on my mind for some time now, so I was glad to be able to make it there at…
I don’t read too many autobiographies but every now and again I like to dip into the life of someone I think might be funny,…
With a growing collection of nieces and nephews the opportunity to buy lots of lovely children’s books is also growing. In my humble opinion money spent…
This book came to me via the book group I have been a member of since 2005. Book groups are wonderful ways of being…
I am currently sitting in a restaurant in Glasgow with a glass of white wine and a chicken Milanese. Outside the air is warm (which…
Just over a week ago Eimear McBride’s ‘A Girl is a Half-formed Thing’ won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. To do justice in a review…
A visit to the Hay Literary Festival is certainly something that will feature on my ‘plans for 2015 list’. Throughout this years festival I carefully and…
Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of Arjan Banga who returns to his family’s corner shop in Wolverhampton after his fathers unexpected death. When…
