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‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison

Book Review: ‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison

Things go out of kilter in the Welm Valley.

Published 12-Jun-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

More of the same from Jane.

Published 04-Jan-2026
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‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers

A novel about a film about a performance about Jesus.

Published 10-Nov-2025
‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers

The come-back of a one-and-a-half-hit soul wonder.

Published 29-Jan-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Fiction Tags: ben myers, reviews
‘Emma’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen

More unromantic romantic intrigue.

Published 03-Jan-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers

Something akin to a multi-media experience, mixing poetry, prayer, play-script, journal entries, and prose.

Published 10-Apr-2024
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‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen

Toffs being toffs.

Published 04-Feb-2024
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‘Pride And Prejudice’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Pride And Prejudice‘ by Jane Austen

More toffs wittering on about stuff.

Published 06-Mar-2023
‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Like Jeeves and Wooster without all the ‘What-ho?!’s.

Published 26-Jul-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 3’ by P.G. Wodehouse

Book review: ‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 3’ by P.G. Wodehouse

Pip pip!

Published 09-Jun-2021
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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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