Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers by Paul Dickson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Following the blog ‘Interesting Literature’ is proving to be an expensive hobby of mine as the excellent curator of that site, Dr Oliver Tearle, regularly reviews books which are just up my street – and ‘Authorisms’ was one of them. Sure… Read More Book Review: Authorisms – Words Wrought by Writers by Paul Dickson
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll start with an admission: I’ve not entirely finished this book. The reason is convoluted and involves a useless budget airline, a dreadful Asian airport in one of the worst capital cities in the world, a stressed, grumpy and… Read More Book Review: Neither Here nor There – Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
A Mother Like Mine by Kate Hewitt My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think I’m reaching the conclusion that so-called ‘women’s fiction’ is not really for me. This is a shame as I don’t like to think of any kind of fiction being somehow ‘beyond me’. Yet I’ve read several of Kate Hewitt’s novels… Read More Book Review: A Mother Like Mine by Kate Hewitt
First published in Lancashire Life 1st June 2018 Theatre Review: Rails By Ken Powell Complementing their main stage hilarious farce, Jeeves & Wooster, opening the summer season, Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) have also started with the much more serious (and world premiere) Rails in the intimate studio theatre. The play, by Simon Longman,… Read More Theatre Review: Rails
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