Desperate Reader

And to prove it good old radio 4 unearthed some Norwegians tonight who were happy to confirm all our suspicions and state that it is indeed ...

So far I’ve confined my online book buying activities to amazon. I’m not really a fan of internet shopping, believing very strongly that mon...

The twinkly lights and irate shoppers are making Christmas hard to ignore and it’s time for me to face up to the fact that I’m even less org...

I’m feeling a bit fed up with the world in general this evening – having not finished work till 7 on Saturday night and having to be back fo...

This book came with a weight of expectation attached to it – one of the Penguin decades series, the Scottish one loves it, Will Self gave it...

One question that came up on Saturday was “What books won’t you read” which is one I find hard to answer. The fairly flippant reply was “any...

First of all I feel honour bound (after having, though with considerable help from the Scottish one, eaten most of it) to share the details ...

Leicester’s war memorial is on the edge of a park just out of the town centre. It was designed By Lutyens who seems to have been the go to g...

Today was the day I wanted to start Christmas shopping...and then I looked at my bank balance. By the time the shock and despair lifted my a...

I’ve only had one day off this weekend (finished at 6pm on Saturday, start at 8am on Monday – so early to bed tonight to get up even before ...