Notes from the Slow Lane

This month we have a book on a slightly different topic, Toynbee Hall: The First Hundred Years by Asa Briggs and Anne Macartney .  For years...

If I am honest I put too much hope in the election result, in a change of government, in a change of culture and approach.  The exit poll an...

Finally I am up to date - just about!  This month's book is another I have listened to while knitting, Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollop...

As I have not yet decided on April's book yet I thought I would write about March's book (well, books) first, maybe something someon...

The exertion of moving house and all the work it has entailed has knocked me for six; it is the worst ME crash in years and my word how impa...

Alas moving house has absorbed all the energy (and some) of the first three months of the year, so I am catching up on the first two months...

So it's been over a month and I have managed to miss last month's book, though it could be rather dull, I have mostly read technical...