Susan’s Bookshelves: The African Queen by CS Forester
My father, not a lover of written fiction, preferred films. And one of his favourites was John Huston’s 1951 The African Queen...
My father, not a lover of written fiction, preferred films. And one of his favourites was John Huston’s 1951 The African Queen...
I was sent a proof copy of this novel a few months ago and it published earlier this month. Historical fiction is...
Hilary Mantel, now in her late sixties, was a successful award- winning novelist long before she disappeared for 15 years to live...
It is a great pleasure to see and hear young artists at the very beginning of their careers making and sharing fine...
I’m a sucker for sagas. So, around 1970 – once I’d worked through everything saga-ish by Daphne du Maurier, read all...
It’s like buses. You wait a long time and then two come along at once. I don’t remember ever seeing a dramatisation...
I met John Peter, who died last year, once or twice at Critics’ Circle events in London and of course I read...
La Nuova Musica Monteverdi Vespers Brighton Dome -Brighton Festival 23 May Posted on May 24, 2021 It was a real joy to be...