‘Best Hex Ever’ is designed to tap into the market for cottagecore, cosy romantasy, and witchcraft. Nadia El-Fassi’s debut novel, it’s an easy and ...
It is always exciting when a new parkrun venue is announced, especially one that is within easy travelling distance from home. Thoulstone Park is a ...
February has thrown all the weather at us: grey skies, heavy rain, high winds, sub zero temperatures, and a few teaser days when the sun made brief ...
“To be in a moment completely, you think, like this, now, is the essence of living, and if only it could be taught, or if only you could learn it, like ...
Shortly after I ran in the well organised Hullavington Secret Santa 10 road race, I discovered that the organisers, Stampede Sports, were going to hang ...
‘Across the Nightingale Floor’ is a young adult fantasy loosely inspired by Japanese history and culture, with elements of political scheming, ...
While Visiting Babette is an intriguing novelette that sends the reader down a rabbit hole reminiscent of wonderland. Unlike Alice’s experiences, the ...
Having enjoyed a month of hibernation following the festive season – with just the one night out to celebrate one of his young bearer’s birthdays – ...
The Inheritance is Trisha Sakhlecha’s third novel although the first of them I have read. It is a slick, psychological thriller set on a remote Scottish ...
Although published as a Penguin Modern Classic, I had not heard of the twentieth-century American author Wallace Stegner until I was given this book. I ...