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• A Day in York

  

  Yesterday Miranda and I got up very early, bundled ourselves up very warmly, and boarded a train from beautiful King’s Cross to even more beautiful York. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

  

  Northanger Abbey is not an Austen you often hear lauded; hardly anybody says it’s their favourite, and there are no Hollywood movie adaptations or fan clubs... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• East of the River

  

  I love it when friends move flats. It means I get to explore new areas of London that I’d probably never visit otherwise. My intrepid university friend Emma... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 CULTURE

• Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Susannah...

  

  I joined a bandwagon, I admit it! It was the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice last month (just in case you missed it) and lots of lovely new books... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

  

  A dear friend of mine sent this to me as a surprise last week. I’ve had my eye on it for a while, and considering its length, I have no idea why I didn’t pick i... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Les Miserables

  

  I am probably one of the only people in the civilised world who knew practically nothing about Les Miserables before going to watch the film. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Love on the Supertax by Marghanita Laski

  

  Mary’s post about this slender novella by Persephone favourite Marghanita Laski reminded me that I had a copy on my shelves that had been sitting there for quit... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• As It Was by Helen Thomas

  

  I knew nothing about Edward Thomas when Simon gave me this book well over a year ago. He had waxed lyrical about it, and I felt very uneducated when I had to... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Quartet

  

  Some friends came to visit this past weekend, and we had planned to see Gangster Squad (for Ryan, obviously) at the cinema on Saturday night. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

  

  What lengths will an ordinary housewife go to in order to protect her family? Elisabeth Sanxay Holding brilliantly explores just this question in The Blank Wall... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Culture Vulture

  

  One of the benefits of teaching is the longer than average holidays, allowing for true rest and recreation rather than a few rushed days snatched here and there. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Old Fashioned Girls

  

  Some of the best things I’ve ever done have come about as a result of random late night conversations, where whims that would otherwise be dismissed as totally... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Notes from the Classroom

  

  The Christmas holidays marked the end of my first full term of teaching. It’s hard to believe that I have now been in the classroom for four months. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 SCHOOLING, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Food Project

  

  When I spotted a 1932 first edition of Ambrose Heath’s Good Food, illustrated by Eric Ravilious‘ good friend Edward Bawden, I knew it had to come home with me. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

  

  My attempt to be highbrow over Christmas by reading Charlotte Bronte’s rather melancholy Villette ended on Christmas Eve, when, trapped in the house thanks to... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Merry Christmas!

  

  Wherever you are in the world, and whoever you’re with, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for reading my blog this year; whether you’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twelve Books of 2012

  

  Well, 2012. It’s been an interesting year, both in terms of my actual life and my reading life. At the beginning of 2012, I was living in North London in a... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan

  

  There are many books out there about Jane Austen, some more successful than others. There are the novelty type, which give us Jane’s advice on dating,... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New Acquisitions

  

  Remember when I talked smugly about how easy I found it to get rid of my books when I moved back to my mum’s? Remember that I said I was going to be sticking... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Loving by Henry Green

  

  A spate of bloggers read Henry Green earlier this year and raved about him, piquing my interest. I’d never heard of him before; subsequent research revealed tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE