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Month September 2015

Book Review: Slipstream by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Slipstream is the candid and revealing memoir of Elizabeth Jane Howard. Howard was born in 1923, into privileged society. There were servants, different houses and all that was afforded in a comfortable Edwardian-influenced upbringing. My sister said that I should… Continue Reading →

Book review: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is a collection of eleven short stories, most of which were published previously. They were all new to this reader – a novice at reviewing a collection of short stories (sorry). In the collection there is… Continue Reading →

Hello Autumn!

Meteorological autumn may have started a week ago, but for me, it began yesterday… for three reasons. I moved the winter clothes from storage and into the cupboards (creating two bagfuls of clothes for the charity shop in the process),… Continue Reading →

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