Felled by the dreaded lurgy in early January I was sidelined from my usual reading routine. It’s hard to concentrate…
I do remember the trial of Dr. Bodkin Adams. My family took The Daily Herald back in 1957 and I…
This is a review of a book I have not read that does not actually exist. Needless to say, I…
There's a lovely exhibit currently on show at the Morgan Library. It's the work of artist-illustrator Ashley Bryan (see below…
This tweet about toasting marshmallows on a fire stoked with Harry Potters brought to mind an odd incident from my…
With so many books and so little time, it helps to have a little guidance. It also helps when two…
Together with a whole lot of other readers in the UK in 1976, I read Wilt - the first in…
Hands down, this is the best book I've read all year: All For Nothing by Walter Kempowski. It's the bitter…
‘Oh, I know all about goats,’ Sonia was saying. ‘People give them the same recommendation as the billeting officers did…
“I am not interested in complicated things nor in the commonplace, I like to paint simple things that are a…
P.G.Wodehouse and A.A. Milne were the same age and in 1941 they were both close to 60. As young men…
A six-point manifesto from psycholinguist Frank Smith - another of those items found in the basement. I must have prepared…
"Phosphorescence is a process in which energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light.…
One book leads to another. Six Degrees of Separation comes via Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Readers…