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BEYOND THE AIRING CUPBOARD
Book reviews, poems, general musings and more!
Henry James said he thought ‘summer afternoon’ were the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Use them well … with books and tea.
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Reading Lists
When was I last given a reading list I wonder? Very many decades ago I think. This all came to mind after finishing ‘The English Teacher,’ the third book by Lily King that I have recently read. (See readings.) After the acknowledgements and the now fairly common book group questions, there was a list of […]
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Writers and Lovers / Heart the Lover – Lily King
When I’m in bookshops in Manhattan, I’m always surprised at how foreign they feel. There will be shelves and shelves of authors I have never heard of and I realise it is only the classics and the seriously top bestsellers that make it backwards and forwards over the Atlantic. Then, just occasionally I find an […]
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Book Buying in Bath
An American quilt exhibition was the main reason for coming to Bath but book shops and book buying was also very much on the list. I have been meaning to visit the ‘Persephone’ bookshop for many years now. Pre-Covid, I have a clear memory of walking down Lambs Conduit Street in Bloomsbury and passing this […]
I grew up in freezing cold Kent in the 1950s and early 60s. The airing cupboard was the one place to curl up comfortably and read. The cat sometimes chose to join me. He too knew where it was warm …
Susan Brice