Susan’s Bookshelves (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictiona...
It all started when, in my usual wordy way, I used the word “olfactory” on the family WhatsApp group. I loathe, detest,...
It all started when, in my usual wordy way, I used the word “olfactory” on the family WhatsApp group. I loathe, detest,...
A brick of a book, Caledonian Road (2024) is almost Dickensian in scope. Loosely rooted in the eponymous, diverse Islington street, it...
Petroc Trelawny is a much loved Radio 3 presenter: urbane, warm, witty, knowledgeable and never patronising. And with a name like his,...
My attention was drawn to this 2005 novel by a friend whose book club has it scheduled for discussion and she wondered...
I am a lapsed high Anglican: or rather someone who had suddenly saw light at about 18 and walked decisively away from...
I recently saw a modern play version of Oscar Wilde’s only novel in which shifting images were on mobile phones. It reminded...
I’m not sure who recommended this book to me. I found it lurking on my Kindle, in my digital TBR list. But...
I enjoyed The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020) so much that I pounced with glee on this “companion” novel, published earlier this...