Desperate Reader

In all my jam adventures to date (I have definatley reached a stage in life where I can consider preserving a gateway to adventure) I'd ...

I've mostly been reading, reviewing, and writing for other people and places this week, along with preparing for a frantic couple of wee...

on Thursday R and I had another Stratford trip. This time to see 'The Alchemist', the omens were good when a hitherto resolutely gre...

I should probably have re read this one before 'Northbridge Rectory' but as it was a re read I didn't, and in the end it doesn...

I've been happily immersing myself in Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire with the care of Virago's reissue of 'Northbridge Rector...

I've been a bit out of sympathy with a lot of recent cookbook releases - the ones that make the table displays or are on supermarket she...

'A story of love and loathing in modern Britain'. Reading this is as close as I'm going o get to any sort of tribute to Leiceste...

When I was growing up in Shetland in the '80's I was the sort of child who was fascinated by nature, keen on birdwatching, and a lit...

There are a few books that I have stacked up to write about, really need to write about in fact as reviews are promised to other people, and...

It's been an almost perfect weekend, after the bank holidays efforts with snow, rain, and biting cold the weather for the last couple of...