Non-Fiction

  • That One Patient

    This year I decided to get a book subscription box. I mean, I don’t lack ways to buy news books but I do like getting a treat in the post. Tea Time Bookshop have lots of choices of different genres so I picked Science Fiction & Fantasy and Politics, Sciences & Insights. The book in…

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  • The Gifts of Reading

    I was at a book reading (of The Rent Trap by Rosie Walker and Samir Jeraj) at David’s Bookshop in Letchworth recently, and because I have poor impulse control in book shops, I bought more books. One of them was an essay on giving gifts, specifically giving books as gifts, by Robert Macfarlane, called The…

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  • A Diary of The Lady

    So, how do you review a book you didn’t finish? There might be a few more of these this year. A Diary of The Lady by Rachel Johnson is an account of her time as editor of The Lady magazine. She is the sister of Boris Johnson, a columnist for one of the broadsheets, and…

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