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The Outrun (Amy Liptrot): This book was recommended to me by my lovely Urban Sketcher friend Judith. It’s something of a lyrical memoir....

The Last Train to Hilversum (Charlie Connelly): This is a book exploring the place of radio in our world (note: Hilversum, in the Nethe...

In these testing times, I realise that there are FAR more important matters than bemoaning the lack of this year’s cricket season (well,...

The Wilt Alternative (Tom Sharpe): In an effort to take my mind off some of the depressing consequences and realities of the current pan...

I love Bill Bryson’s writing! I’ve just finished his excellent book ‘The Body: A Guide for Occupants’. It’s absolutely packed with fasci...

“In dreams we remember what was, we think about what is, we imagine what might be, what can be, what will be” (Eva-Jane Gaffney speaks S...

In My Mind’s Eye (Jan Morris): Published in 2018, this is a ‘Thought Diary’; a set of daily meditations on her long life of writing and t...

Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere (Jan Morris): I just love Morris’s unconventional ‘travel books’ (this one published in 2001); they’r...

So, this is the scenario: Saturday 14 March: We hear, via Robert Peston’s ITV blog (for example), that the “ People over 70 will be in...

I went along to the Watershed this evening (yes, night time! it cost even old codgers like me £8.50 - but tomorrow is its final day at t...

The Gifts Of Reading (Robert Macfarlane): This is a short book/essay by one of my favourite writers about the joys and gifts of books. ...

I went along to the Watershed this morning (I know!) to watch Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters”. It’s a shocking and true story of a corporat...

If you’re on facebook, you might recall me posting a ‘plea for help’ back in mid-December, following the General Election result (which ...

Ruth and I went along to St George’s last night to see/hear Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow perform their eclectic mix of thought-provo...

Barchester Towers (Anthony Trolloppe): Over the years, there have been LOTS of ‘classic’ novels that I’ve avoided reading… and I only de...