By the Sea If I am not in London, my next favourite place to be is by the sea. There is something very special about…
For some time now I have been writing about books and reading, and more recently I have been writing a regular bibliotherapy series on these…
Symptom: Feeling London Cure: Books to give comfort and companionship “When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have…
I have finally had to admit that summer has very much gone for another year. Despite my reluctance I must embrace autumn with its coat…
I recently wrote about The Wild Remedy, a beautiful book by Emma Mitchell which diarises a year in the writer’s life when she battled with…
Emma Mitchell Emma Mitchell is a naturalist, she has a degree in zoology, she writes for the Guardian newspaper, the BBC Countryfile magazine and other…
Which ever bookshop you choose to visit these days, I would be fairly certain you would not have to look too far to find books…
A Fresh Clean Look In my last ‘Moments of Calm Post, I wrote about the decorating that was being carried out in our house. It…