In January I started to read my way through my Christmas books, starting with Logical Family by Armistead Maupin. I think I’ve read every novel…
In April I went to the cinema to see Viceroy’s House and it immediately made me want to read more about the history of the…
I was fortunate enough to spend a night at Cliveden in March with my partner, wandering the grounds, tackling the maze, drinking cocktails, eating a…
Heatherley by Flora Thompson is the ‘lost sequel’ to Lark Rise to Candleford and I’m really surprised it is not better known. Having moved to…
On Radio 4 one evening I caught a few minutes of A Book at Bedtime and it was so simple, poetic and charming, I immediately…
I decided to read The Viceroy’s Daughters by Anne de Courcy on holiday in Egypt, having previously enjoyed her book The Fishing Fleet and being generally interested…
For Christmas my sister gave me, amongst other lovely things, Black diamonds: the rise and fall of an English dynasty by Catherine Bailey. I only got…
When I got back from Australia in mid January I hadn’t had enough of reading about the country (see my blogs on A Town Like…
I am fascinated by the 1930s as I’ve been going through many family letters, documents and photographs to learn more about the lives of my…
My grandfather, currently aged 97, was on the planning staff for the invasion of Sicily with General Alexander so I was fascinated to read With…
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