This book has been on my bookish antennae for some time so I was pleased to pick it up in one of the many second-hand…
Anne Tyler is my comfort blanket read, except that doesn’t really do her justice. As a ‘comfort blanket’ I simply mean that I love the…
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…
One of my favourite things about living in London (and there are many) is the vast number of museums and galleries. Despite living here for…
Heywood hill is a place of quiet calm and elegance. This Mayfair book shop was opened in 1936 and is well known as the bookshop…
It is June, which hopefully means at least three months of summer, and three months of lots of lovely reading opportunities. I love to read…
As I sit down to write this I’m aware I have not always felt very calm over the last week or so. I have…
The weather certainly hasn’t been calm in recent days. I hope you have weathered the storms without too much damage. I spent much of Friday…
