I guess I’m rather late to the world of Robin Hobb, and many people had told me I had something to really look forward to.…
Category: Books
The subtitle to this book is ‘British Women in India’, which very neatly sums up its scope and purpose. The author takes us on a…
I’m of the generation who were fascinated by Debbie Harry. Or was she Blondie? When she first appeared, we didn’t really know. I was about…
Studio Ghibli are possibly the best known anime studio outside Japan. Many of their films have achieved great acclaim around the world, and each new…
We are now so accustomed to being asked to review everything we buy online that we don’t think twice before selecting a rating and clicking…
It may surprise some people to hear that comedy LPs were once a big thing. When I was at school in the seventies, these treasured…
There is no doubt that when we in the west look at history, we still tend to be very Eurocentric. Even when Europeans look at…
The Marius Mules series has been running for over ten years now. I’m not sure when I first came across it, but I’ve enjoyed…
I read Dissolution – the first book in the Matthew Shardlake series – some time ago, and it left me somewhat ambivalent. A good…
I’m a lover of a good series, as regular readers will know. There’s nothing better for me than enjoying the first book and knowing there…