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A Mad Mother and a ‘Well Hidden’ Family
Queen Victoria was on the throne of England when William Peacock married Miranda Mirova. The couple are very young, barely out of childhood, but he is the precociously talented editor of a literary magazine and she is the most famous… Continue reading
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Woods, Sea and Stars…
Woods etc. has a rather plain cover, so instead,here is a picture in Seawood, at Bardsea, Cumbria. I love Alice Oswald’s ‘Dart’, and ‘A Sleepwalk On The Severn’, which are both long poems, but hadn’t read any of her shorter… Continue reading
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Lupins, Radishes, and Triangular Dances
August has come, and has clothed the hills with golden lupins, and filled the grassy banks with harebells. The yellow fields of lupins are so gorgeous on cloudless days that I have neglected the forests lately and drive in the… Continue reading
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Told By An Idiot
Rose Macaulay’s Told By An Idiot was a bit of a disappointment. I had high hopes of it, because I love ‘The Towers of Trebizond’ so much but, sadly, this wasn’t in the same league, and left me feeling depressed,… Continue reading
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A Tale of WW2 That Will Break Your Heart
If you’re the kind of person who cries over books, make sure you’ve got a large hanky ready and waiting when you read Alison Pick’s Far To Go, because it’s beautifully written, totally gripping – and very, very sad. Set… Continue reading
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