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Susan’s Bookshelves: The Honourable Member for Murder by David Weir

Cards on the table. I know David Weir. He and I are both work for, and with, London Pub Theatres Magazine as critics and judges. Now, normally I am chary about reading books by friends and acquaintances (or at least about admitting that I have) because it can be embarrassing if the product is weak. […]

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Prom: Sibelius’s Second, 28 July 2026 (Susan Elkin reviews)

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