1. Wearing a tiara – its definitely the way forward 2. Baking Carrot cake and Chocolate Brownies 3. Drinking chilled Rose by the Thames with my…
No visit to Dorset would be complete without a bit of Thomas Hardy, and we took the opportunity whilst we were there to visit the cottage where…
The Distant Hours is the story of Edie Burchil and her mother Meredith. During the war Meredith was evacuated to Midhurst Castle in Kent. The first Edie knew…
I had loved ‘One Day ‘by David Nicholls so much so that I began ‘Us’ with a little fear and trepidation, because I so desperately…
Following a trip to Hay Literary Festival in May and visits to lots of book shops I have accumulated an ever growing collection of unread…
There is nothing we like more in Blighty than talking about the weather. As an island nation with an unpredictable climate governed by the surrounding seas,…
Last week I was on hols in Dorset. Other than a couple of days in Lyme Regis a few years ago it was my first proper visit to…
In case you hadn’t realise, last week was Independent Book Shop Week. Now as you know, I need no excuse to visit an independent bookshop…
