Chris Mills

LATEST ARTICLES ( 249 )

• The Long Summer of Reading (but Not Blogging…)

  Well, my unintended summer break from The Landing has proved to be much longer than I would have wished. Somehow, just getting back into the blogging frame of... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Springtime for Miss Read (and Mrs Griffin)

  

  A Country collection…This latest post is going to be a spring-themed blog post, to continue the recent seasonal bent on The Landing’s sister blog, Curiously... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sir Walter Ralegh: A Gallant Adventurer

  

  My TBR annex!My latest Landing Tales read is technically a newcomer to The Landing, yet has long been on my TBR Pile. If that sounds like a riddle, blame The... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Didn’t Mean to Go to the Trinity Book Sale Again…

  

  My (our) latest stashWell, when I say that, I really mean that I fleetingly considered not going to the Trinity Book Sale this year as I still have the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Oscar Wilde and ‘The Woman’s World’

  

  I am beginning the New Year rather late this year as you might have noticed. Clearly, either my body clock has taken a while to kick in or I have been in a stat... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TBR Pile Update: It’s Growing Larger, Not Smaller

  

  Not getting any smaller…I am yet again becoming worried about the size of my TBR Pile, as I seem to be adding to it faster than I am reading it. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TBR Pile Update: It’s Growing Larger, Not Smaller

  

  Not getting any smaller…I am yet again becoming worried about the size of my TBR Pile, as I seem to be adding to it faster than I am reading it. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Eleanor and Sarah: The Llangollen Ladies

  

  I can’t believe that so much time has slipped by without a Landing update. The whole of October seems to have sunk without trace, although I have been quietly... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Culture Night: Owt for Nowt?

  

  Our passport to culture!Last Friday evening saw yours truly, accompanied by The Bookworm heading into Dublin’s city centre for some more Culture Night activity. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Culture Night: Owt for Nowt?

  

  Our passport to culture!Last Friday evening saw yours truly, accompanied by The Bookworm heading into Dublin’s city centre for some more Culture Night activity. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• E F Benson: Mapp and Lucia Revisited

  

  In the last few months I have been becoming reacquainted with Emmeline Lucas (Lucia) and Elizabeth Mapp. A Christmas present of the complete 1985/6 London... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Library Digression

  

  An old print of Harborne LibraryWith all of the debate about the future of libraries going on after huge service cuts in Britain, (though Ed Vaizey says it’s no... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Library Digression

  

  An old print of Harborne LibraryWith all of the debate about the future of libraries going on after huge service cuts in Britain, (though Ed Vaizey says it’s no... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Trinity Book Sale Buy: The Tiger in the Smoke

  

  The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham (originally Chatto and Windus, 1952) is yet another of my Trinity Book Sale purchases (TBS Purchases). Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Arabella Stuart and Bess of Hardwick

  I mentioned in the last post immersing myself in some dubious sixteenth century doings. Wreath for Arabella by Doris Leslie (Hutchinson 1948) was the book that... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Shelves on the Move: A Reading Renaissance?

  

  A Fresh Reading Start?The Landing Book Shelves (the actual shelves that is, as opposed to the blog) have had a bit of a shake-up in recent weeks, because of som... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jane Austen: Letters to Cassandra

  

  While continuing to keep up with the A Month of Letters challenge (now successfully completed), I have been browsing the bookshelves to remind myself what lette... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Penguin Postcards for ‘A Month of Letters’

  

  100 cards to choose from…Longstanding readers of The Landing will know that February is the time for my contribution to the Month of Letters Challenge... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Penguin Books ‘Great Loves’ Series: Leo Tolstoy and The Kreutzer Sonata

  

  Today’s post on Leo Tolstoy means a return to my occasional Russian theme, though yet again it is a digression from the TBR Pile. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Romans on The Landing: Ecce Romani

  

  Today’s post is about a studious little side-project to my TBR Pile endeavours, though I am not sure whether it will be a long-lasting one or not. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE