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Hot Water (PG Wodehouse): Another ‘escapist’ read in these strange times! Published in 1932, the plot is utterly preposterous (and ridiculou...

The Wild Silence (Raynor Winn): I read (and hugely enjoyed) Winn’s debut book ‘The Salt Path’… about her walking several hundred miles roun...

It’s exactly six calendar since Moira and I self-isolated/shielded (I’m one of those people classified as “clinically extremely vulnerable”!...

The Last Days Of The Bus Club (Chris Stewart): This is the fourth book of Stewart’s I’ve read - of his life since buying a remote, hills...

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...