Well, last month may have been literally stormy, in the UK at least, but this time around we are all,…

March 2022 + Ukraine
Georges Simenon is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers in French of the twentieth century; The…
This is the second of Marion Brunet’s novels to be brilliantly translated into English by Katherine Gregor, and it’s every…
Men have always let Rose down and yet she enters every new relationship with hope. Despite her efforts to convince…
The Reindeer Hunters is the second volume in Lars Mytting’s engrossing Norwegian epic trilogy, following on from the mesmerising The…
I do hope this remarkable book is made into a film. It has touches of The Lives of Others mingled…
Since 24th February, there’s been only one playlist on Spotify that I’ve been listening to during my daily walks. I…