Notes from the Slow Lane

July is not the most usual month to make good progress on blankets, but this has not been the most usual July.  There have been days when be...

As you can probably tell, I have got thoroughly out of the habit of blogging, not helped by a cat who objects to me spending too much time a...

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...