Susan’s Bookshelves: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
I read it as a child. And now I look at how wordy Beecher Stowe’s unexpurgated version is, I’m pretty sure that...
I read it as a child. And now I look at how wordy Beecher Stowe’s unexpurgated version is, I’m pretty sure that...
Kathryn Mannix works in a hospice as a consultant in palliative care. Her still small voice of calm experience exudes wisdom, humility...
I reread each of Jane Austen’s six novels about once in ten years. This is the fourth time I have featured her...
I don’t remember learning about the 12th century at school. And that’s odd because our sensibly sequential history syllabus began with the...
My second granddaughter (aka GD2) is a midwife in Cambridge. There she has access to spotless facilities, the latest technology and the...
My friends fall into two main camps: Reading Friends with whom I discuss books continually and Non-reading Friends who chat to me...
It was my eldest granddaughter’s partner (they’re to become parents next month) who recommended this interesting novel to me. He is a...
Chatting to me about books the other day, my nephew – a scientific type – mentioned this one which had intrigued and...