‘A home without books in a body without a soul’ – Cicero For the past few years, I’ve kept track of every book that I’ve read, purely for my own satisfaction. When I signed up to Goodreads a few years ago, I discovered that they have an annual reading challenge. I’ve taken part so that … More Top Ten Books of 2023
‘I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.’ Sylvia Plath – … More Post-Christmas 2023
‘a collection of six delightful tales full of wit, quirky characters and an abundance of welcome nonsense’ – back copy, The Magnificent Moustache and other stories. I’ve been writing stories pretty much since I could hold a pencil. In what are called our formative years, the world of imagination was as real to me as … More The Magnificent Moustache and other stories
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