I’m supposed to be making good use of a week off work by catching up on a backlog of emails and reviews, reading and some long overdue blog ...

Dust jacket 1965 A number of posts from various sources caught my eye this morning about the significance of this day 148 years ago. Octo...

No, I haven't given up reading and taken up cricket (that's where the term "hat-trick" originated back in the 19th century...

Here are a few novels I'm looking forward to reading over the course of the coming months. Some have already been released, others are ...