Cabbie Monaco

Our book club choice for August was Isabel Allende's A Long Petal of the Sea , published in 2019. Len and Yvonne are fans of the Chilea...

It's been difficult keeping Book Club going since March. Some members returned to their native land for lockdown, and most of our group...

You have to admire the courage of war correspondents, the journalists who place themselves in the middle of a conflict in order to bring us...

I had a good laugh at Barbara Cartland's expense after finishing Mission to Monte Carlo . I texted my literary chum who sniggered, tha...

I just read my first, and last, Barbara Cartland book, Mission to Monte Carlo . It's a piece of romantic fluff set at the turn of the 2...

I stirred when the sun came through the shutters, casting golden dashes on the wall. The bed was silent and empty, the Dog asleep on the sof...

I've been watching Season 1 of The Crown again and particularly enjoyed episode 7, Scientia Potentia Est(1). Poor Princess Elizabeth s...