Reviews

While we have been struggling with the various problems we face such as climate change, Putin and his nasty little war, supply chain issues, inflation, SCOTUS, Trump (possibly) resurgent and,…

A second covid year, and undoubtedly not the last has meant, for me, much less travel and none abroad and much less going out - I cannot remember the last…

You don't need me to tell you that this has been a grim year, with Covid and Trump, Brexit and Putin and the world generally seeming to be going to…

As the world seems to get worse and worse, reading books seems increasingly to be the best escape. It has been helped (for me) this year by the fact that…

In a recent interview, Pat Barker said Contemporary fiction is going through a “so what” moment, with very few novels generating a real sense of passion in readers and fiction,…

If, twelve months ago, you had said that Donald Trump would be elected as US President, the UK would vote to leave the EU, Theresa May would become prime minister…

I have never really understand why others have their annual reviews early in December. Don't they read any books between then and the end of the year? I certainly do.…