Ah, Brexit. Whether you love it, hate it, want it or are just thoroughly sick of hearing about it, you can’t avoid it. And nor, it seems, can the Famous Five. This is one of five books in Quercus’ ‘Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups’ series, a collection which aims to entertain nostalgic readers by embroiling the (now […]
Samuel Pepys is one of England’s most famous diarists. Those who know much about him might know that he wrote ten years of diary entries (from 1660-’69) until his eyesight became too poor to continue. He contemplated getting someone else to write for him, but never did. ‘Camille’ explores what might have happened if he […]
Comedies are tricky things. Jokes or conceits that I find simply dull, you may find hilarious – or offensive. I remember loathing ‘A short history of tractors in Ukrainan’ despite it being universally feted as a ‘jolly romp’ and I found that ‘Then we came to the End’ – supposedly a satire of modern office-life […]