Category: Jane Ridley
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As I mentioned in my earlier post on 2021 reading my non-fiction this year has been pretty low as I have sought reading matter that has not tested the little grey cells to any extent. Just getting by was my mantra over the last twelve months. But though they may be few, I have enjoyed…
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I have seen Jane Ridley as a talking head on various programmes on the television and she always struck me as being an enthusiastic and supportive reviewer of her subject and this was borne out by my reading of her biography of Edward VII, (review here) a few years which I found a fascinating fully…
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Just a quick post today as I am hitting the North Circular in an hour or two and joining up with the Other Grandparents to look after the girls over the weekend. I always take a book with me, force of habit, but never have a chance to open it. Not complaining though. Time with…
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I realised the other day that I had totally forgotten to announce my Book of the Year. Did the lists, did the checking and thinking and then nada. Christmas, allergy and hives got in the way so my apologies. As last year, my book of the year is a non-fiction and it is Bertie: A…
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The first thing I have to say about the excellent three part documentary on the above, shown on the BBC this week, is that Fiona Bruce is nowhere to be seen. So I was prepared to like it for that reason alone even if no other…. You know my feelings and thoughts by now on…
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I would imagine that if you ever think about Edward VII the immediate reaction would be 'oh yes, Lily Langtry, lots of mistresses, he was a bit of a lad and useless as a King' and this has sadly been the case for some time. I have read a lot of Victorian and Edwardian history…