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The Shardlake Saga

I’d not heard of the Shardlake saga until a friend gave me the first five in the series.

For most of August I am spoilt for choice in Clubland.

“Trop de perversité règne au siècle où nous sommes, Et je veux me tirer du commerce des hommes.” (Molière)

The origins of nursery rhymes are usually interesting in a pub quiz way.

Sometimes one blog leads to another.

A recent comment that good books often turn into bad films set me thinking.

Books about the Second World War written during the war fascinate me.

We are well into series three (of six) of Downton Abbey.

Patrick, Sir Patrick, Leigh Fermor is a much admired 20th century literary idol.

You do not need to be a Sinophile to enjoy Echoes from Wuhan.