Less Ho-Ho than usual? It has been a horrendous year in some respects. Here in the UK, having fallen during the warmer months, cases of Covid have again risen dramatically, in spite of a successful vaccination campaign. The government’s dithering tactics – bringing in regulations too late, repealing them (especially the mask-wearing mandate) when they …
Category: Christmas
It isn’t all tinsel and lights
Cold Christmas A short story collection by Reggie Walton I suspect that most of us view Christmas as a happy season, with lots of food, drink, fir trees, decorations and good company. Even when we are not moved by its religious significance, Christmas is a time for reflecting on the past year, and for looking …
Can Reindeer Fly?
The Science of Christmas by Roger Highfield 'The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second . . . .' 'Santa meanwhile will be subjected to forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity.' In this delightful little book, Dr Roger Highfield, one-time editor of the magazine New Scientist, whips up tradition with …
It's 2017!
I would like to wish A Happy New Year to my followers and to all fellow bloggers worldwide! As some of you already know, I've been away with my wife in Australia for most of the past month, soaking up some much-needed sunshine. Now that I'm back - and cold - I have some catching …
Holiday Time
This is going to be my last post for several weeks. I'll be flying off to Australia tomorrow and, with a full schedule, I don't expect to be reading much - and definitely not writing reviews. I expect to be back at the end of the year with some more book reviews and maybe the …
Goodreads and Me (3)
Books I Didn't Review: The Thinking Tank by Jae De Wylde It's about three or four years since I read The Thinking Tank, which was published in 2011. This is not a book I would normally have picked up. However, I happened to meet the author in Waterstone's bookshop at a promotion and after …
Christmas with Mr Selfridge
A Story (In 1918, nine years after opening his famous London Oxford Street department store, Harry Gordon Selfridge commissioned an architect to design a spectacular tower to sit on top of the building ..... ) ^^^ ‘I don’t want to, Jake!’ Kylie’s lower lip trembled as she looked up her brother. Standing on the bottom …
'Tis the Season to be Jolly!
Carols and Other Celebrations Deck the hall with boughs of holly! 'Tis the season to be jolly. Fah-Lah-Lah! Don we now our bright apparel. Sing the ancient yuletide carol! Fah-Lah-Lah! See the blazing yule before us! Strike the harp and join the chorus! Fah-Lah-Lah! Follow me in merry measure, while I tell of yuletide treasure. …
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