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Month: January 2018

Posted on January 31, 2018March 4, 2021

Books to help you feel good about life

Kurt Vonnegut’s If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? is a slim collection of his speeches at school and university graduations. At the heart is the premise, adopted from his Uncle,…

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Posted on January 20, 2018April 22, 2019

What would you choose for ‘A Good Read’?

My husband drunkenly ponders and lists the eight songs he would choose for Desert Island Discs (Pixies, Bowie, Can, Dylan blah, blah, blah…)

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Posted on January 14, 2018March 4, 2021

London Life in WWII

I rediscovered Good Evening, Mrs Craven just before Christmas, and through happenstance was given Jan Struther’s Mrs Miniver not once, but twice for Christmas. The two are perfect bedfellows.

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