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At Christmas time, and always I would like to wish all the
At Christmas time, and always I would like to wish all the readers of the books a very joyful Christmas and a good New Year. Thank you for all your s...

“I love Jane Austen, and I very much like Barbara Pym, who is
“I love Jane Austen, and I very much like Barbara Pym, who is the 20th century version” of the novelist, McCall Smith said. Noting that Austen onc...

The BIG dinner Olivia Giles, who runs the charity 500 miles and
The BIG dinner Olivia Giles, who runs the charity 500 miles and is behind the BIG dinner project is, in my view, a very great heroine. She never let ...

Imaginary Friends, and X-Ray Specs One of the subjects that
Imaginary Friends, and X-Ray Specs One of the subjects that interests me most is friendship. In the various books I very much enjoy exploring the nat...

Next Scotland Street novel I am currently writing the next
Next Scotland Street novel I am currently writing the next Scotland Street novel. Here is a short excerpt. Readers may recall from the last one that ...

Languages I love the richness of language, as most of us do.
Languages I love the richness of language, as most of us do. But local words die, and are replaced by bland expressions that may be understood intern...