Susan’s Bookshelves: Fingersmith
I first read Fingersmith first in 2002, curious because it had been shortlisted for both Booker and Orange prizes. I remember vividly...
I first read Fingersmith first in 2002, curious because it had been shortlisted for both Booker and Orange prizes. I remember vividly...
BBC Prom- Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon 11th August Posted on August 12, 2021 Everything in this concert was beautifully played. First we had...
BBC Prom: Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Martyn Brabbins 6th August 2021 Posted on August 7, 2021 It was interesting programming – and apparently unprecedented...
BBC Prom – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko- 4th August Posted on August 5, 2021 Reshaping was the theme of this concert: Ralph...
OK, let’s get it out of the way. Kipling was an imperialist. He was also a fine story teller and poet. I...
I try to read eclectically although there are some genres (horror, science fiction and fantasy for example) that I really don’t like....
BBC Prom: Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev- 1st Augus Very much a concert for discerning grown ups, this event presented Mozart’s last...
My father, not a lover of written fiction, preferred films. And one of his favourites was John Huston’s 1951 The African Queen...