Susan’s Bookshelves: Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
It was one of my former A level student who emailed me around 2010. “Mrs Elkin, have you read this?” she asked...
It was one of my former A level student who emailed me around 2010. “Mrs Elkin, have you read this?” she asked...
If someone gives you short shrift in a new fangled way it probably puts you on your mettle because you don’t want...
The opening item in the first concert of Maidstone Symphony Orchestra’s 113th season was Smetana’s overture to The Bartered Bride. It’s...
What a novel! First published in 1854, when Dickens was 42, it exudes anger about social injustice from the first page to...
Photograph credit: Camilla Greenwell Nicola Benedetti plays Brahms South Bank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Conductor: Cristian Macelaru Sunday 01 October The...
Whenever I’m in touch – and that’s quite often – with my dear old college friend who lives in Brisbane, we always...
Every family has stories which are passed down through the generations. Typically, they are unconsciously reworked at each retelling and in the...
This beautiful, upbeat book was published in June this year and I picked it up following a recommendation on the Good Housekeeping...