My friend Claire Coutinho (and her friend Mina) has recently started up a brilliantly novel idea - a literary-themed supper club!  The...

I hope I don't sound odd when I say that I am rather fascinated by the idea of grief.  Not in a sadistic way, of course, but simply beca...

At the moment I've got Jessie Ware's ' Wildest Moments ' on repeat... so enjoy that this warm Sunday afternoon! Meanwhile,...

After a lovely time away - cue obligatory photo of Sherpa: - where was I?  After a lovely time away, I am back in Oxford, and will be s...

If I mention the author 'Saki', you probably think of darkly funny short stories, if you think of anything at all.  If you were arou...

It's getting to the point where I can't remember which books have featured in Five From The Archive and which haven't, so I'...

The first four or five days I was at home, I had a headache.  It's related to a tooth problem, which hopefully will get sorted ou...