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• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

  

  Further to my previous post on Penguin cover designs, Penguin have been producing some very beautifully designed, themed collections of books over the past few... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Penguin by Design

  

  I’ve been enjoying looking through a few of my coffee table books lately; I’m very good at buying exhibition catalogues and art books, but as they’re not very... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Travel: Hastings

  

  When Samuel Johnson said ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’ he obviously hadn’t lived through a pandemic when everything that makes London... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelves: June

  Books started: 14Books finished: 8Books abandoned: 2Books kept on the shelf: 5June. Half way through the year. It doesn’t seem possible, somehow. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Jane Howard

  

  When I started reading my way through the unread books on my shelves in alphabetical order, someone asked me what I’d do when I had more than one book to read b... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Notes from the City: Lockdown, Continued

  

  May was a record breaking month in the South of England; the hottest and sunniest since records began. Day after day, week after week, London basked under a... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelf: May

  Books started: 14Books finished: 9Books abandoned: 4Books kept on the shelf: 3It’s been a long, sunny month, filled with lazy afternoons in the garden and... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Notes from the City

  

  I’ve always loved living in London for its vibrancy; its streets throb with life, in all its strange and wonderful variety, and every outing, no matter how... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelves: April

  Books started: 6Books finished: 6Books abandoned: 0Books kept on the shelf: 4Well, lockdown life continues, and I’m well and truly adjusted to the slower... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Notes from the Country

  

  Living in the countryside at this point in the calendar year is a treat. We’re in the depths of Spring; everywhere, there is life stirring. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelves: March

  

  Books started: 5Books finished: 4Books abandoned: 0Books kept on the shelf: 3Books bought: 5 (but most of these were for work…)At the beginning of the month I... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Fresh from the Country by Miss Read

  

  I’ve been trying to read the new Hilary Mantel, but at the moment my mind just can’t stay focused on anything for very long, and The Mirror and the Light is... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Comfort Reading for Discomfiting Times

  

  The world is becoming a strange place, isn’t it? I walked to work this morning along almost traffic-free streets; I could actually hear a glorious cacophony of... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

  

  Reading from my shelves continues with this little gem from the 1950s. Auntie Mame was a runaway hit in the USA when it was first published, and made its... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Travel: Devon

  

  During half term, I spent a lovely few days by the sea in Devon with my sister and her family. They have a holiday home in Exmouth, which is a charming,... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelves: February

  Books started: 10Books finished: 8Books abandoned: 1Books kept on the shelf: 7Books bought: 4 (oops)It’s been a bumper reading month, largely because I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Culture: February

  

  It’s been a stormy month so far, and staying indoors has been a necessity to escape the seemingly endless wind and rain. Weather like this make me so grateful... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• London: Weekend Tourist

  

  It’s amazing how much you can miss of your surroundings when you live in a large city. I love the village feel of my neighbourhood, but it means I can get lazy... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

  

  When I lived in East London, it was a common sight in the early evening to see hordes of people gathered outside the Ten Bells pub in Shoreditch, often dressed... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading from My Shelves: January

  Books started: 4Books finished: 2Books abandoned: 1Books kept on the shelf: 1Books bought: 1It’s my first month of reading from my shelves and so far things hav... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE