I couldn’t resist asking for a review copy of Smelling of Rooks when I read its synopsis. Written by the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s ...

Berlin Babel is an anthology of fourteen short stories translated from eight different languages and edited by Katy Derbyshire. In the introduction ...

August is my birthday month and we had a lovely time celebrating this as a family. On the day, Husband and I went out for an indulgent Afternoon Tea ...

Our own people are the worst at bleeding us dry I found The Year of the Runaways, by Sunjeev Sahota, a depressing read as it confirmed so many ...

Today was our second visit to Victoria Park in Newbury and most enjoyable it was too. Memories from our previous visit were of slippery mud ...

“Nothing stays the same. But these are worries for another day. This is now, this is Dubai, and nothing else matters.” Diving For Pearls, by ...

The UK heatwave has continued throughout July – not perhaps as hot as we suffered earlier in the season but still warm for our normally temperate ...

This review was written for and first published by Bookmunch. My Third Life is a story about grief, debilitating grief. Narrated by a middle aged ...

“Some fought with other girls; some are still fighting here. One had done the thing to a boy because he asked her to: this story holds much interest for ...

Victoria Park Parkrun started just a couple of months ago and offered us the opportunity to collect a V for our alphabet challenge – Newbury is less ...