Category: Musings

  • Why do we read fiction?

    I have on more than one occasion talked to friends about this question, some of whom are committed fiction readers and others not. It has been an important part of my life for decades but I have never really thought about why I want to spend hours reading stories. There are many websites that wish […]

  • Chick Lit

    What does this term mean to you I wonder? To me it has a slightly derogatory nuance to it. When I researched a little, it became clear that it was applied to novels that were aimed at young women and mostly written by women, particularly during the 1990s and 2000s. Since then the term has […]

  • Language

    Very much enjoyed watching Simon Schama’s History of Now on television recently. Realised it truly was my ‘now’ as well. I had lived through the Falklands War, the Russian tanks rolling into Wenceslas Square in Prague, the Berlin Wall going up…and down and the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the USA. Amazing, now, to have […]