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Moonflower Murders

What a great mystery – you get two books for the price of one, and though the parallels are (not so) subtly spelt out for you, there is more than enough whodunnitness to keep you interested. Anthony Horowitz writes the way I would like to write- wittily, observantly, intelligently. He’s clever and fun, and is […]Read Post ›

The times they are a-changing

At least, I wanted to change or rather cancel my digital subscription to the Times. I didn’t use the app, I couldn’t get my head round all the options, and I have many other more easily accessible optios available. So, for once, I grabbed the bull by the horns and decided to make hay while […]Read Post ›

103 today

No longer with us, my father loved a Christmas hat. With embellishments. I used to find it really irritating. Now I miss it. He was the most intensely social being. When I was tiny I can remember people frequently coming round to our flat in Talgarth Road to play bridge or hearts or just for […]Read Post ›

A Saturday evening to remember.

21st May 2022 A few weeks ago I received this invitation to attend a book launch and exhibition of ceramics, both by the artist Elizabeth Stanhope, as she is known in English speaking circles. I have written about her before, when I was writing a profile of her for the Polish Ball, to which she […]Read Post ›

A Life’s Tales, by Joseph Hucknall

I received this book last Friday. Every spare moment this weekend was spent reading it – I finally finished it this morning. A fascinating insight into the mind and mores of a man whose life and experiences could not be more different from my own. Time, place, customs and the law all played their part […]Read Post ›

Soviet Champagne

When I was eighteen I went to Poland for six weeks. It was a great turning point in my life, as up till then I had been very shy, very nervous, lacking in confidence and with very few independent skills. I was clever and well read, but that was about it. I left school after […]Read Post ›

The Law of Innocence

This really is a book I couldn’t put down. Three days when I was supposed to be doing other things, I carried it about with me, depite it being a heavy hardback. Clever plotting, interesting characters, and i learnt a lot about american law, to boot! Not a lot of it was very edifying, but […]Read Post ›

Goldfinch

Not an easy book to read. I had to give up, start again, try again, a little at atime. It took me a long time to read. Too long maybe. And yet I was fascinated. The story apparently belongs to the coming of age genre. I’m not sure. It’s a bit of a mystery, bit […]Read Post ›

Jubilee

Yes indeed, I am jumping on the royalty bandwagon. Quite incidentally really, but last week, when I was still in Poland, I received an email advertising a Jubilee inspired lecture in Kingston. Normally this wouldn’t have interested me at all – Kingston is an hour away, 6 30 in the evening is not a convenient […]Read Post ›

The Sequel – Snake Island: A Hapless Horror Story (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #72)

If there was a competition between the Russian Army and Navy, it would be a race to the bottom both literally and figuratively. The Russian Army has … The Sequel – Snake Island: A Hapless Horror Story (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #72)

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