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Scotland 42 England 1 by Mark Winter – Review
By Karl Hornsey As someone who completed a ‘Road to Wembley’ journey several years ago with a great friend of ... -
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater – Review
By Sandra Callard This original and obsessively good new novel revolves mainly around two young women who work as booksellers ... -
Second City by Richard Vinen – Review
By Clare Jenkins The theatre critic Kenneth Tynan once described his home town of Birmingham as “the ugliest city in ... -
Death of an Author by E.C.R Lorac – Review
By Sarah Morgan As every crime fiction-loving reader knows, many authors have their own detective, a familiar presence, usually with ... -
Next To Nature: A Lifetime In The English Countryside by Ronald Blythe – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe Ronald Blythe died on January 14th, 2023, just two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. Blythe, the ... -
Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher – Review
By Sandra Callard Written by two American authors, here is a sensitive and at the same time, startling, novel of ... -
The Match of the Century by Matt Clough – Review
By Karl Hornsey To claim that any football match is the ‘Match of the Century’ is a bold one, and ... -
Why We Garden by Claire Masset – Review
By Barney Bardsley This well-researched and peaceful book introduces us not just to the many benefits that gardening can bring ... -
Seva: Sikh Wisdom for Living Well by Doing Good by Jasreen Mayal Khanna – Review
By Clare Jenkins This sounded so promising. According to the publisher’s blurb: “Think of any scene of disaster and you’ll ... -
In At The Kill by Gerald Seymour – Review
By Sandra Callard I was aware of the writing of the author Gerald Seymour, through his famous and stunning Harry’s ... -
Siblings by Brigitte Reimann – Review
By Barney Bardsley This beautiful, enigmatic little book was first published in German in 1963. It has taken 60 years ... -
The Match by Piero Trellini – Review
By Karl Hornsey As a devoted connoisseur of the 1982 World Cup, a tournament that has held a curious fascination ...
