Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Simply Exhausting: Olive Kitteridge

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Olive Kitteridge  by Elizabeth Strout Scribner Pp. 270 Writer David Nicholls has described this Pulitzer-prize-winning book (in a quote prin...
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Friday, 4 February 2022

Friday Five: Films on a Plane

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Delicious - Well, it looks beautiful - shot to make the mouth water (cinematography by Jean-Marie Dreujou). Sacked by his master, the Duke ...
Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Colouring in between the lines: Stanley and Elsie

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Stanley and Elsie  by Nicola Upson Duckworth Pp. 364 Never read about your heroes. Sir Stanley Spencer may have been a brilliant and talente...
Friday, 21 January 2022

Friday Five: Keep on Puzzling

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And now we bring you the latest from the puzzling files, beginning with a picture of the church at Port Arthur lent to us by The Luminosity....
Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Cold as Marble: A Likeness in Stone

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A Likeness in Stone  by J.Wallis Martin New English Library Pp. 361 In the powerful opening scene of the novel, two divers exploring an old ...
Friday, 31 December 2021

Friday Five: Favourite Films of 2021

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Normally, this post would cover my five favourite films of the year. But, as I think we can all agree, there is no such thing as 'normal...
Tuesday, 28 December 2021

As the Worlds Turn: The Gospel of Loki

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The Gospel of Loki  by Joanne M. Harris Gollancz Pp. 302 Subtitled The Epic Story of the Trickster God , this is the story of Ragnarok from ...