Reviews

‘an intriguing read . . . keeps the reader guessing . . . a lot to enjoy in this romp through the Cambridge Commons . . . a strong sense of place and a narrative style that is both energetic and engaging.’ [Dead Letters]

- Margaret Murphy, SHERLOCK
A Sleepy Summer Sunday

A Sleepy Summer Sunday

Posted on Jul 7, 2014 in Lord of the Rings, memories, Selly Manor, The Hobbit, Tolkein | No Comments

Last week-end in Birmingham I had free time on the Saturday afternoon and I walked into Bourneville and visited Selly Manor, a Tudor manor house. There was hardly anyone else in the house and I had the charming garden completely to myself. I remembered another expedition over thirty years ago in my Birmingham days. On […]

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The first book that you remember?

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 in Anne of Green Gables, The Count of Monte Cristo., The Hobbit | 2 Comments

One of the pleasures of parenthood is the excuse to buy children’s books. There are wonderful picture books for children these days, and I loved reading and looking at them with my daughter. It’s strange, looking back, that I don’t remember any picture books from my own childhood. Of course there were far fewer books […]

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The Time of my Life

Posted on Mar 3, 2014 in Catcher in the Rye, Dickens, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Proust. Jane Austen, rereading, Salinger, The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit, Tolstoy, Trollope, Wuthering Heights | 4 Comments

I don’t want to read Catcher in the Rye again – or Salinger’s short stories – though I was impressed by them when I was around twenty. Nor am I tempted to reread Wuthering Heights (though Jane Eyre is another matter). I won’t be returning to The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or Mervyn […]

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