Whilst in South Africa in March I read Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, an interesting journey into how things can go very wrong when…
On the flight to Cape Town on a two week holiday in March I read Westwind, by one of my favourite authors, Ian Rankin (see…
It’s been a few months of very little sunlight in the UK – incessant rain and grey skies when it isn’t raining – so on…
I was lucky enough to go to an event in London in November to hear Hillary Rodham Clinton in conversation with Julia Gillard. These are…
If you are wondering what to read to take you through the dark days of January and February, here are my books of 2019, with…
Whilst on holiday in Malaysia in April I came across the story of Freddy Spencer Chapman, a British army officer who survived behind enemy lines…
I got a lovely pile of books for my birthday in July and have enjoyed some eclectic late summer reading in the last few weeks….
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell was given to me for my birthday by my sister. I wasn’t sure…
I haven’t had a chance to read for a few weeks, so a walking holiday in Cornwall at the end of June provided an excellent…
A weekend afternoon when I had hurt my lower back and had been told not to walk or run, seemed like the perfect time to…
I love reading and always have. I'm also a big fan of writing, hence writing a blog about reading. I read lots for both work and pleasure and thankfully the boundary between the two is nicely blurred.
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