Bolivia
La Paz. A capital city where El Presidente has a clock placed high up on the exterior of a government building — a beacon — ticking...
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
I was looking forward to reading The Improbability of Love. It came highly recommended by a friend who couldn’t put it down and described it
My Husband's Son by Deborah O' Connor. A book review
I was asked to review the this novel by the publisher because I wrote a very favourable review here for Apple Tree Yard. My Husband’s Son be
My 60th birthday bash
For my 60th birthday I took my closest family — those who were able to travel abroad— away for the weekend. I wanted to visit the...
The Girls by Emma Cline/ a review
We get to know Evie as a young girl growing up in the 70s. The granddaughter of a TV star. Sharpened by cynicism and suffering from a...
This Must be the Place by Maggie O' Farrell. Book Review.
I did enjoy Maggie O Farrell’s This Must Be The Place, but I’m not sure I agree with the reviewers who have said it is her best book yet....
Diana Krall and Oporto
Being totally unenamoured with mainstream television I am always on the lookout for entertainment in other areas. A short while ago I...
My opinion on what makes Britain great and why I'm proud to be British at this time.
Mine is just another of a million different opinions that are out there at the moment, all over social media and in the press, but from...
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney - A review
Most years I love the winner of the Bailey’s. Not the drinking competition, I mean the novel that wins the literary prize. And not the...
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon - A Review
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon is a lovely quirky novel, told predominantly through the eyes of a 10 year old girl,...
