Mar 12, 20194 min readHow many books should we keep?30 books, Marie? Really? Well of course we all now know that’s not what she said. Or at least I hope we know that. What she said was ““I...
Feb 18, 20194 min readThe Magic Re-reading FormulaDo books you have previously read call to you? Or do you just want to keep discovering new books and new authors? Today I am considering...
Jan 10, 20194 min readReading the WorldHow diverse are your bookshelves? I'm constantly asking myself that question, challenging my assumptions - for why read if not to...
Dec 26, 20182 min readMy Book of the Year 20182018. There it goes. Whoosh. Bye! While others were obsessed with Brexit, I was busy reading (and doing other stuff). Mostly reading...
Nov 29, 20183 min readA la recherche du bookshop perduIn memory of my favourite bookshop... I still feel a sense of loss whenever I walk past a particular shop-front in my town. All the...
Nov 6, 20184 min readVoices in my head (phones)Do you listen to podcasts? What about audio books? Me, I’m a relative latecomer to these worlds of wonder. Until about a year ago, I...
Oct 7, 20183 min readA literary lunchtime walkI’m lucky enough to work in the heart of Bloomsbury – Virginia Woolf territory – in London, so spend virtually every weekday there....
Sep 7, 20188 min readThe books that raised meA little while ago I squeezed a longer article into bookstagram format, so here I am going to unpack it a little. The post was called The...
Mar 14, 20183 min readWhat is it about reading?Why read fiction? Hmmm? Of all the ways to pass your short time on this planet, why stick your head in the midst of a few hundred pages...
Mar 14, 20183 min readMy top 100 books - 2018Good day lovely people. Today I am bringing you a list of my top hundred favourite books. These aren't necessarily the greatest books...
