This book was the last book my book group read pre the 1st Covid lockdown. Little did we realise how our lives would soon mirror the life shown in the novella. (Not sure I agree about 1984 and Brave … (View Post)

The front page of the Mail on line is pretty devastating for Boris. A picture of him arsing around with some member of Team GB taken just 3 hours before his statement that he was doing all he could t… (View Post)

I've just re-read "The Yellow Wallpaper" for an online course I am doing on literature and madness. It is really frightening. Incidentally, was anyone here a fan of the Pan Book of Hor… (View Post)

Oooh. That Boris. He's such a card. His brolly blew inside out at a memorial service What next? His trousers fall down during a state funeral? (View Post)

I have been wondering if there was going to be a thread on this topic. My interest is two fold: in the 80s I was deputy editor of a small magazine about social services. I covered several child abuse… (View Post)