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Norah Docker Autobiography
Lady Norah Docker was quite a character.
Last year, I read Norah: The Autobiography of Lady Docker, ghostwritten by Don Short, published in 1969 by W.H. Allen. Continue reading Norah Docker Autobiography
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
This is a brilliant, brilliant novel.
The Stories Behind Book Dedications
I’ve written a piece on ‘The Stories Behind Book Dedications’ for Spectator Life. Click here to read it.
Weather by Jenny Offill
Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ plays in the space between climate and crises.
Continue reading Weather by Jenny OffillDaisy Dunn’s Book Launch
Every good book deserves a good book launch! (Remember this one last time?)
In My (Summer) Handbag
In my summer handbag, I always have the essentials… Continue reading In My (Summer) Handbag
All Our Wrong Todays Review
Tom Barren comes from the world we were supposed to have. One where if you have a black eye you have a home medical drone ice it; if you get a cut, medical technicians help you with skin-regeneration lamps; the streets are filled with buildings that are ‘encased in landscape emulators to give you the view you’d have if no other structures existed to block it’. But something goes wrong. Continue reading All Our Wrong Todays Review
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
We love our mums and it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday 26th! Hurry! Continue reading Mother’s Day Gift Guide
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