Desperate Reader

Martin Miller's gin is another ground breaker, and one I'm particularly fond of. It first saw the light of day in 1999 which was the...

Over the last couple of years I've periodically checked amazon for copies of ' Harpoon At A Venture ' in the hope that someone...

When I wrote about ' Peking Picnic ' a couple of weeks ago I mentioned the postal book group I'm in. Well my book was ' R...

Little Toller Books have turned out to be a joyous discovery - and one more reason to be thankful for Gavin Maxwell. My original copy of ...

On Thursday I was in London for the  Penguin bloggers evening. This is a rare treat for me, train fares are prohibitive, and work hours h...

Last weekend Nancy Pearl did a top ten list of neglected classics (in The Guardian) ripe for BBC adaptation. It’s a nice list composed in eq...