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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Tales From Russian Folklore - Alexander Afanasyev translated by Stephen Pimenoff

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This book was on my Christmas wish list because it sounded interesting - I'd already read some of Alexander Afanasyev's collected ta...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Socks, Snow, Cakes, Lockdown

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 It's been a trying week - this lockdown feels harder than the previous ones - maybe because it's a new year, partly because of Brex...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Dangerous Ages - Rose Macaulay

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After enjoying ' O, The Brave Music'  so much it felt like a good time to read Rose Macaulay's 'Dangerous Ages' - anothe...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

The Lost Spells - Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris

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This was a Christmas present from a friend who I have exchanged Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane inspired gifts with for a while now - we...
Friday, January 15, 2021

O, The Brave Music - Dorothy Evelyn Smith

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This is one of the British Library's  Women Writers  series, the second I've read of them, and another surprise. For no particular r...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Almanacs and Pikelets

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As it's somehow, unbelievably, almost the middle of January I thought I'd better have a look at the almanacs I bought last year, and...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Dinner With Dickens - Pen Vogler

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There are points in every year when I look at the stacks of books that weigh down every surface in my sitting room (not just my sitting room...
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Sunday, January 10, 2021

Fair Isle Weekend - Mary Jane Mucklestone

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For a while I didn't think I'd be able to get a copy of this book - it's not a particularly cheap one and ordered direct from  L...
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Friday, January 8, 2021

Murder in Midwinter - edited by Cecily Gayford

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I've spent today with what I can only describe as a politics/current affairs hangover. Between Covid, Brexit, and whatever that was in A...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book - The Red Cabbage Chapter

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As the world looks set to continue with the crazy (America really doing its bit on that front tonight) I'm mostly focused on eating more...
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