Susan’s Bookshelves (The Founder of the House by Naomi Jacobs)
Naomi Jacob, who died in 1964, wrote seven books about the Gollantz family who were Jewish antique dealers in London and, at...
Naomi Jacob, who died in 1964, wrote seven books about the Gollantz family who were Jewish antique dealers in London and, at...
Martin Walker’s Bruno books are effectively a homage to Perigord in the Dordogne where the author lives. And I’m with him. I...
Confession: I never warmed to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass as a child. I think it’s because it’s...
I recently gave a talk at Catford Library about my latest book, All Booked Up. It followed a meeting of the library’s...
I am normally chary about agreeing to read self-published books especially if they’re by people I know, however peripherally. I’ve come unstuck...
Many decades ago, when I was teaching in the English department of a small town Kent secondary school for girls, we were...
My knowledge and understanding of Sri Lankan history and its long, devastating civil war is very sketchy. In fact it’s informed by...
I found this book quite literally almost impossible to put down. And even when I had to, I thought about it continually....