A few months ago I was musing upon a handful of tunes which, when I hear them, transport me to…
I have a confession to make. I had never been to a live comedy show before – for a start,…
For some readers, this is the best novel of all time. The great American classic. It wasn’t successful in Fitzgerald’s…
An epic 23,000 mile adventure, this six-part series begins in South America and ends in Hawaii by way of Africa…
A gripping and haunting story, The White Road is a real page turner. Tense and raw, it explores the physical…
This is one of the best thrillers I’ve read. Twisting, dark, well-crafted. Although it’s categorised as crime fiction, I would…
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The lazy and amiable narrator of P G Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, Bertie is a character I can’t help…
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This is the most perfect book-to-screen adaptation I’ve seen. The screenwriter was the book’s author, Patrick Ness, which would explain…