Chunky Chips I very much enjoyed Chips Channon’s Diaries, the 1967 edition. I was aware it was incomplete out of respect for people still alive.
Himself and I My paternal grandparents left Ireland with my father in a hurry during the Troubles. They came back to Barmeath in 1938. Hitherto my grandfather had only been there on holiday as a child.
Golden Hill “A tour de force … alive with tantalising twists and turns … Dazzlingly written.” (The Sunday Times, Novel of the Year)
A Shot in the Arm The mountain of rubble that was once the West London Magistrates’ Court does not seem to diminish.
He Chose David Duff Cooper was tremendously productive. His duties as British Ambassador in France exceeded the demands placed on diplomats today.
A Drinker and a Diplomat “With regard to drink I have decided to adopt a system based on the division of days with five categories – as follows.
The Dogs’ Bollocks After writing about Commonplace Books at the end of last month I decided to jot down items that caught my eye this month.