Susan’s Bookshelves: The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri
As anyone who has read The Beekeeper of Aleppo knows, Christy Lefteri has a real gift for finding hope and a way...
As anyone who has read The Beekeeper of Aleppo knows, Christy Lefteri has a real gift for finding hope and a way...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Giles Cripplegate Conductor: Gergely Madaras Tuesday 16 June The opening concert in the Summer Music in City...
I recently told a newish friend who had come to coffee that I’d always had a fancy to explore America’s central states....
I first discovered Carol Shields when her The Stone Diaries was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1993. Before that she hadn’t...
Santtu conducts a Strauss Extavaganza Philharmonia Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali Piano: Benjamin Grosvenor Royal Festival Hall Thursday 04 June 2026 This concert was...
John Betjeman seems to be a Marmite poet. I love the rueful, wit and rapier-sharp observation of, say “Hunter Trials” or “In...
Mass in B Minor JS Bach The Bach Choir and Florilegium Conducted by David Hill Nardus Williams, Helen Charlston, Sam Furness, Neal...
I read Kathryn Stockett’s wonderful novel The Help soon after it was published and my American niece-in-law drew my attention to it....