I did some fascinating reading for this year’s Black history month, and plan to do much more. So many fascinating histories we’ve yet to explore.
Category Archives: Dorset Magazine
Trouble’s Brewing…
You know a book’s really good when the bath water’s cold, but you’re still in there reading. And meeting the author was just as much fun…
Twenty-six Letters: September
If, as Gracie Cooper of Little Toller publishing says, ‘independents are the seed bank of the publishing industry’, then I’m delighted to introduce you to a bumper crop
Reading the Landscape
What happens when a famous nature writer issues a challenge in a national newspaper, and a reader decides to take him up on it…
Twenty-six Letters : August
Whether you’re lying on a beach or avoiding the passport queues, here are some novels to transport you…
Twenty-Six Letters: July 2022
Some perfect partners for your sun lounger…
Twenty-six Letters: June 2022
‘Definitely men’s books chosen by a woman’, my husband said. But hopefully still something for everyone…
The Stars Align
Julian Fellowes was the first person I ever interviewed, and it was such a pleasure to talk to him again – in a house I felt so privileged to visit, because it’s a beauteous jewel.
A Castle for a Family
What’s it like, living in a castle? It was fascinating to find out, in conversation with Edward and Maria Wingfield Digby of Sherborne Castle
Twenty Six Letters: May
I was an English teacher for more than a decade, and these are some of the books I found most inspiring, for both my students and me…
Jess Morency 