Paul Jameson
- Mar 6, 2017
Finding Peter Pan's Wendy
Have you ever heard of Cockayne Hatley? Nor had I until I stumbled upon it one day with my daughter, Finty. We were searching for...
Paul Jameson
- Feb 6, 2017
The Black Cat - by Edgar Allan Poe
Today I finished reading Poe. In England, teachers only ever teach you about English authors; at least that was what it was like in my...
Paul Jameson
- Jan 23, 2017
The 39 Steps - Book Review
The 39 Steps. Surely we all know this one. I loved the movie (the one with Robert Powell) and I've never read the book. So here I am in...
Paul Jameson
- Jan 9, 2017
A Tale of Two Books; One Good, One Bad
This week I read two books. Sort of. The first was the small and skinny 'The Embassy of Cambodia' by Zadie Smith and the second the...
Paul Jameson
- Dec 26, 2016
'The Long Earth' by Pratchett and Baxter
I really enjoyed this. What's more it the first 'long' novel I've read (other than Du Maurier) in recent years given my battle with the...
Paul Jameson
- Dec 16, 2016
'Rule Britannia' by Daphne Du Maurier
I really enjoyed this. Perhaps it was Du Maurier's 1930s voice in a 1970s setting that I loved. The eccentricity of the writing, of Mad...