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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo): Wow! I thought this was a simply stunning book. Wonderfully written, conceived and delivered, ...

Black River (Will Dean): I decided to make ‘lockdown’ my excuse for not waiting for the paperback version to be published (I know). This...

Today (4 July) sees a change in ‘guidance rules’ for the general public from the government – a relaxation of many of the ‘rules’ (the l...

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. ...