A tale of three cities

I read Crime and Punishment by F. Dostoyevsky in a readalong organised by   Unputdownables over a period of three months.  This is, in m...

Today's recipe is my utlimate comfort food:  not only it in devouring it, but also in making it.  The constant, brainless activity of...

I bought The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox  by Maggie O'Farrell in a book fair for peanuts (I'm not ashamed of my purchasing cr...

sweet cheesecakes out of the oven... I certainly love cheesecakes:  baked, non-baked, sweet, savoury... Any excuse to have cheese int...

Sometimes I wonder how I went through childhood without any of the "classic" children's books.  True, I had Verne's fant...

For April, the Classic Club came up with a question that requires some thinking before answering:  “Who is hands-down the best literar...