Desperate Reader

Last night was the first preview night for 'Cymbeline' at the RSC and the only preview night that R and I could both make, so along ...

I've been feeling a bit uninspired in the kitchen for a while now, not that I've stopped cooking but that it's gone back to quic...

Dad gave me some lovely yarn when I saw him at the beginning of April - Jamieson's ultra cobweb in a natural white, and I thought two we...

I'm currently enjoying a week off (really enjoying) work and today I've been to London, partly to see the In The age of Giorgione  e...

I'm half afraid to admit it but I'm distinctly ambivalent about the Brontë's; I quite like Jane Eyre but it comes with such a fr...

Edited by Martin Edwards. There's nothing like a short story collection to see you through a weekend away from the rest of your books,...

World book night generally manages to pass me by, it shouldn't, I love the idea, and every year when I realise it's happening I thin...

I've been meaning to write about my other hobby again for a while, ideally not sandwiched between lots of crime novels (albeit at the cl...

After reading 'A Blunt Instrument' I was in the right mood for another murder so was really pleased to find that 'Antidote to Ve...

It's not often that I can see the point of e-readers but just sometimes I'm prepared to admit that they might not be totally useless...