The rise of the literary groupie
Some people swoon over Ryan Gosling in The Notebook. Others prefer Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise. A twist of…
Which book character are you?
Most readers of Cinderella like to identify with the modest, honest and hard-working title character. Realistically, they probably have as…
A reading room with a view
When I was a child, I used to enjoy drawing ground plan of my dream house. In it, I included…
Why is it so hard to leave a book half-read?
Having grown up as part of a relatively large Catholic family, I refuse to leave any food on my plate,…
A mother’s gift of books
Jewishness is passed down the generations by women. In my family, while scant attention was paid to our Jewish roots,…
Naughty can be nice in kids’ books
One farmer is fat, another is boozy and the third is a pot-bellied dwarf. Then there is the grandmother described…
Anyone who says they’re too busy to read is kidding themselves
Mark Zuckerberg reads a new book every two weeks. Bill Gates considers himself a great reader and Barack Obama packed…
Charlotte Gray shines a light on the children of the Holocaust
It is very difficult to empathise with people we have never met, who lived a long time ago, in a…
Children’s books have no age limit
They used to speak of their passion in hushed tones. After all, they thought, what fully-grown adult would freely admit…
The trouble with book reviews
Never has it been easier to write a review. Eat at a restaurant where the service is sluggish and you…
