Let the great world spin by Calum McCann. I loved this book. In fact, I might go as far as saying that it shot straight into my top ten ever favourite books in the company of ‘the narrow road to the deep North’ by Richard Flanagan and ‘all the light we cannot see’ by Anthony …
I have so many things to talk to you about this week I don’t know where to start… three books (three!!), a tidy studio (rare occurrence), a finished quilt (even rarer than a tidy studio)… geesh… first things first though; what I want to share is the beautiful visit to Hauser & Wirth Somerset. We …
… from a delightful birthday present… The Knitter (by Jackie Kay) I knit to keep death away For hame will dae me. On a day like this the fine mist Is a dropped stitch across the sky. I knit to hold a good yarn For stories bide with me On a night like this, by …
I had a fabulous birthday. Fabulous, daaaahling! After sending the boys to school we leisurely drove to Babington House where we had a most delicious lunch with friends and then chilled out in the spa. You know when you’re so relaxed that you lose the sense of time? That. Can you believe it was once …
‘Wilfred and Eileen’ by Jonathan Smith One word for this book: delightful. I wasn’t inspired by any of the books in the pile under my bedside table and so I contacted Persephone Books to explain my predicament and the challenge I set myself and they confirmed they indeed had published a few books from the …
Girl in a Miniskirt Reading The Bible Outside My Window (by Charles Bukowski) Sunday, I am eating a grapefruit, church is over at the Russian Orthadox to the west. she is dark of Eastern descent, large brown eyes look up from the Bible then down. a small red and black Bible, and as she reads …
I had the loveliest of Sundays… I hope you did too! The Hay Festival is one of the most famous literary festivals in the world, it take place in the town of ‘Hay on Wye’ and it welcomes 250,000 visitors each year. A chap called Richard Booth is credited with transforming the town into a …
I’ve just been outside picking roses from the garden in my new dress and without realising I was humming this tune… not then happiest… but so so lovely…
while you're ahead... 