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The Rise of a Matriarch
A few blogs ago I wrote about Annie Garthwaite’s 2021 novel, Cecily, which tells the first half of the story of Cecily Neville, Duchess...
Dec 20, 2024


The Power of Letters…
During the First World War, Daisy Thomson Grigg wrote a lot of letters to her brother in the army. This was not unusual in what was...
Dec 1, 2024


Remembering the Living…
Remembrance Day is here again, and I find myself thinking about my favourite novel on remembrance. Not dealing with war, but with its...
Nov 10, 2024
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