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Book Review: The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard

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Brilliance at the Sochi Winter Olympics … and damp in England

Night view of Sochi during the Olympics NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Night view of Sochi during the Olympics
NASA Goddard Photo and Video

We’ve had a soggy two months over here in the UK.  There’s been buckets of news, politicians looking splashy and lots of advice about staying away from windswept edges.

It’s damp … but not dull.

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Review of a cookery book: ‘bitten.’ by Sarah Graham

BittenCoverFinal.inddCookery books heap in my kitchen cupboard.  Some carry the scars of years of service whilst others have slipped to the back of the pile – lost and unused.  But ‘bitten.’ by Sarah Graham is at the top and it’s only been with me a year.

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