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Category Archives: Culture
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
‘First Love’ is about Neve, a writer in her mid-30s who is married to an older man named Edwyn, and it tells the story of what her life was like before. Continue reading First Love by Gwendoline Riley
RHS Wisley Plans
If you go down to Wisley today, you’re sure of a big surprise. Continue reading RHS Wisley Plans
‘Swimming Lessons’ by Claire Fuller Review
Gil Coleman is a well-known, ageing writer who has just found a letter, loose in a book in a bookshop addressed to him, and at that very moment he thinks he sees his wife Ingrid, who has been missing for 11 years, through the window on the street outside. Continue reading ‘Swimming Lessons’ by Claire Fuller Review
January Super Heroes
On the face of it, January is a very exciting time. New beginnings. A clean slate. Jodhpur-based exercise regimes. In reality? It needs a little help to successfully appeal to all. And this help comes in the form of…
Merry Christmas!
Christmas Book Gift Guide 2016
Unwrapping a book on Christmas Day is a thing of sheer joy. Particularly if it’s one of these…
Osborne House Isle of Wight
Osborne House was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s holiday home.
The royal family usually visited four times each year. Victoria and Albert tried to spend their birthdays together at Osborne, as private, family celebrations.
Let Me Tell You Shirley Jackson
‘I find it very difficult to distinguish between life and fiction’
Shirley Jackson.
It is a very exciting moment when you realise that the opportunity has come to read the innermost thoughts of an author whose work you so admire, perfectly nestled amongst the finest examples of their writing.