Christmas might be over yet again, but I thought I would share a few timeless words of wisdom on the season, compliments of our friend, Charles Dickens. I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it …
One of my favourite things about the holiday season is all the extra time I have to read! At least, that’s what I tell myself every year before heading home for Christmas, although in actuality, I probably end up reading a lot less than I do on a regular basis. Here we are on the …
After reading an alarming number of duds this summer, I have returned to classic literature as a way of guaranteeing myself of getting at least one more good read in before I return to the dubious field of contemporary literature. Watching and reading The Reader this summer (definitely not one of the aforementioned duds!) reminded …
