Summer reading
I don’t know about you, but my reading tastes change during the summer months. I prefer something light and amusing; nothing that taxes my brain too much but a paperback (who wants to carry a heavy bo ...
LIFESTYLE
Silver separation – till divorce do us part
Increasingly, older couples are bucking the expectation to stay together ‘until death do us part’ and splitting up. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), dramatic changes in life expec ...
Charlotte Courthold looks back at the comic culture that was so important to children
In 1890 the first weekly popular magazines were printed and consumed by an eager public. The Education Act of 1870 resulted in a working class who were now able to read and hungry for cheap reading ma ...
Sleeping with the enemy during World War 2
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs SUITE FRANCAISE (Entertainment One). Irene Nemirovsky’s best-selling novel about sleeping with the enemy during World War 2 was discovered and published in 2004, ...