I'm very excited to say that Issue 3 of Shiny New Books has now gone live! It's a really great issue, though I says it as shou...

Not sure when the Bake Off recap will be coming - I had set aside three hours tonight to do it, but during that time iPlayer decided to brea...

And now I'm going to do this records, since I obviously couldn't resist! As I said before, I certainly have more of a connection to ...

As you know, I've been listening to a lot of Desert Island Discs recently (today: Beryl Bainbridge, who is bizarre in hers, and Joan Plo...

Love this: Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini

Many thanks again for filling in for me last week, Elaine! This week I'm back - and what a week it was. I could write the whole thing ab...

Firstly - very sad to hear about the death of Debo Devonshire (Debo Mitford). She lived a long and busy life, but it is the end of an era - ...