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25 September, 2016 / 3 Comments

What I Read on holiday 2

Title: A Lovely Way To Burn
Series: Plague Times Trilogy 1
Author: Louise Welsh
Publisher: John Murray
Release Date: 2014

A fatal epidemic nicknamed "the sweats" is starting to take hold of the UK. In London, Stevie Flint, a former journalist and now a shopping channel presenter, finds her boyfriend dead. And she doesn't believe "the sweats" killed him.

I’m a huge fan of Louise Welsh. This is somewhat of a departure for her. I don’t like plague and pestilence plots, but am always horribly gripped by them. If you haven’t read anything by her before then start with The Cutting Room, her first book.

25 September, 2016 / 2 Comments

What I Read on holiday 1

Title: The Farm
Author: Tom Rob Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 2014

Daniel's parents have retired to Sweden where they have bought a farm.

One day Daniel's father telephones and tells him his mother is not well and has left a mental hospital where she was being monitored.

Then his mother tells him that everything his father says is a lie.

The owner of my local pet shop recommended this to me. I’ve been meaning to read Rob Smith’s Child ’44 for ages. I thought his London Spy (BBC) was excellent. The Farm is an utterly gripping page-turner with surprising, poignant depths. Quietly devastating. Rob Smith seems to write with a maturity beyond his years.

25 September, 2016 / 5 Comments

An Experiment In Mass Persuasion

A Point of View – BBC Radio 4

It’s easy to feel distanced from the US Presidential election here in the UK. The whole process is bewilderingly complicated. But looking at the grass roots, is the success of Trump comparable with our own Brexit vote result and the popularity of Corbyn?

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23 September, 2016 / 2 Comments

Ennui

Ennui by Louise Camrass

This beautiful painting is by a very good friend and it

21 September, 2016 / 4 Comments

Mmmmmm…..

But whose? (Yes mine obviously but where from?)

20 September, 2016 / 7 Comments

What’s In the Box?

20 September, 2016 / 2 Comments

Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay’s Origin Stories

Nothing had quite prepared me for seeing Lemn Sissay perform in public. He is spellbinding. He talks as if his life depends on it, as if words are as important as the air he breathes. The words which come out of his mouth seem to be the result of a firework display going on in his head.

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