Susan’s Bookshelves: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
Of course I was going to grab Judi Dench’s new book about Shakespeare. How could I not? I bought it on the...
Of course I was going to grab Judi Dench’s new book about Shakespeare. How could I not? I bought it on the...
I’m not really a dog person. Cats are more my thing. I like dogs, though. In the last year or two I...
I started reading the Booker shortlist as an annual project in the 1980s. I saw it a personal, horizon-widening exercise. As a...
I wouldn’t normally write about a single short story here but this one is such a gem I think it deserves a...
It was one of my former A level student who emailed me around 2010. “Mrs Elkin, have you read this?” she asked...
What a novel! First published in 1854, when Dickens was 42, it exudes anger about social injustice from the first page to...
Whenever I’m in touch – and that’s quite often – with my dear old college friend who lives in Brisbane, we always...
Every family has stories which are passed down through the generations. Typically, they are unconsciously reworked at each retelling and in the...