Desperate Reader

It took me an unbelievably long time to read this not very long book, I have no idea why, or what caused the block because it's funny, c...

When I first read Elizabeth Von Arnim, it was 'Elizabeth and her German Garden' followed by 'The Enchanted April', I loved h...

this was going to be a book post, but it's been a long day at work and I've started researching vintage cocktails for a future proje...

After finally reading some Wells ('The Invisible Man') instead of just assuming I had, it seemed like a good idea to read more. I wa...

It is horribly hot in my flat tonight (hovering around 30 degrees, I can't begin to tell you how much I wish I was in Shetland right now...

Its been another week of horrific images in the news, the sort that make it difficult to concentrate on anything else, so I've mainly be...

Locked room murders and other similarly impossible crimes are one of the sub genres I particularly enjoy in golden age, and older, mysteries...

The Woman Who Did - Grant Allen "But surely no woman would ever dare to do so," said my friend. "I knew a woman who did...

I had a long list of jobs to do today (I should be reading Zola, writing about some classic crime, hoovering, and so on) but I can't con...

It's all about Rome this season at the RSC, which I'm not particularly enthusiastic about - at least neither R or I have found ourse...