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BEYOND THE AIRING CUPBOARD
Book reviews, poems, general musings and more!
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July…
Epilogue to ‘Through the Looking Glass’ – Lewis Carroll
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The Revolving Door of Life and The Bertie Project – Alexander McCall Smith
These books are numbers 10 and 11 in the 44 Scotland Street series, all of which were first published in daily serialised form in the newspaper ‘The Scotsman.’ I cannot imagine the deadline headache that must be involved in providing copy on a daily basis. What pressure, and how far ahead was the author writing […]
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Icelandic Bookshops
During my stay in Reykjavik in Iceland, I didn’t buy any books. This is very unusual for me, particularly as the majority of books were in English. Tucked away behind a busy, tourist filled road was: ‘Books and Chocolate,’ small, artistically displayed and inviting. I really fancied a book of Norse legends and picked it […]
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My First Bookshop
When I meet my cousin in Sevenoaks, the childhood home for both of us, we go for a coffee, maybe mooch around a few shops and then have lunch. On this visit I was told ‘we’re going somewhere different for coffee.’ This turned out to be Sevenoaks Bookshop and it was a total delight. 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