Susan’s Bookshelves: Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
To be honest I didn’t know much about Marian Keyes until I read a review of her new book Again, Rachel and...
To be honest I didn’t know much about Marian Keyes until I read a review of her new book Again, Rachel and...
Well it’s always been controversial. Nabokov’s famous 1955 story about a middle aged man’s obsession with pubescent or pre-pubescent girls was turned...
There are two series of books I’ve always intended to read one day (unlike Lord of the Rings which I decided long...
It was my A level geography teacher, Miss Diana Raine, who told me to read the novels of Neville Shute (1899-1960). We...
I discovered Daphne du Maurier in my mid teens. Rebecca was warmly recommended by my mother who had read it, aged 16,...
I’ve always loved the poetry of Charles Causley (1917-2003). He is widely anthologised but although he received the Queen’s Gold Medal for...
Show: Measured Society: West End & Fringe Venue: The Hope Theatre. The Hope Theatre is an award-winning 50-seat venue above the world-famous Hope and Anchor...
One of the things I have tried to do in the fourteen months that I’ve been writing these blogs is to keep...