Susan’s Bookshelves: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey straddled two genres with her The Daughter of Time in 1951: crime fiction meets historical novel. Of course others have...
Josephine Tey straddled two genres with her The Daughter of Time in 1951: crime fiction meets historical novel. Of course others have...
Even if you don’t care for fantasy (and that’s me) it is inarguable that CS Lewis’s seven Narnia books grabbed millions of...
A few weeks ago I had lunch with a someone who used to be a colleague and has morphed into a friend....
I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first in the series, in 1997 because people were beginning to talk about...
BBC Proms 2022 Prom 46: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Cristian Macekaru 21st August Posted on August 22, 2022 What a great joy it...
BBC Proms 2022 Prom 42 BBC Scottish SO, Thomas Dausgaard, Jan Lisiecki Posted on August 20, 2022 Even for a seasoned critic it’s...
I learned a huge amount about Islam and about barriers/ semi-permeable membrane between cultures from Osman Yousefzada’s frank and thoughtful memoir whose...
BBC Proms 2022 Prom 39: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo 15th August Posted on August 16, 2022 This all-English programme was a high...