Before I launch into “A spot of bother”, I think it would be useful to provide the blurb: At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his unpredictable daughter, announces […]

When we talk about the Second World War and the Holocaust, we sometimes go into hypothesis. What if the Allies and the rest of the world were aware of the scale of the atrocities carried out by the Nazi regime? Would they have invaded sooner? Would they have been able […]

Summary Whitechapel Gods is best described as a dark blend of fantasy and science fiction set in Victorian London. In an London’s Whitechapel, two mechanical Gods arise; Grand Father Clock of cold logic and Mama Engine of creativity and emotion. Whitechapel becomes a walled off place that is not loyal to […]

  When I first heard about Fifty Shades of Grey,I was instantly intrigued. A book, I heard, that had women in a whirlwind of excitement as they read through pages of erotic fiction that explored extreme sexual fantasies in such a graphic way that it was borderline porn. Naturally I went out […]