Susan’s Bookshelves: The Widows’ Book Club by Julia Jarman
We all read at different levels. I used to tell my students that it was fine to be enjoying Henry Fielding one...
We all read at different levels. I used to tell my students that it was fine to be enjoying Henry Fielding one...
Eric Tucker, who died in 2018, left a former Warrington council house full of messy hoardings and over 500 paintings that he’d...
Fibonacci Quartet Strings Attached Brighton Corn Exchange 19 April 2026 This interesting concert gave us two string quartets written 86 years apart...
Heart Wall Kit Withington Directed by Katie Greenall Bush Theatre Star rating: 4 This tautly written, nicely directed, play about bereavement,...
A digital conversation with one of the most loyal followers of Susan’s Bookshelves recently came round to Franz Kafka. My correspondent was...
Published in 2022, this book became a runaway, international best seller and I can see why. It tells a devastatingly gritty story...
Published in 2024, this heart-warming novel was recommended by a friend whose reading tastes are nearly as eclectic as mine. Nick Bradley’s...
The Protecting Veil Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Joanna MacGregor Violin: Ruth Rogers Cello: Guy Johnston Brighton Dome, 29 March 2026 Born...