Grumpy Old Woman

Recent Posts from This Journal

• Found in Books 13: The Book Club Newsletter

  I see I last did one of these posts in 2012. A sad reflection on how much harder it is to buy old books these days. Last week, I bought a book on…

• Jane Austen, Lucy Worsley and me

  I very much enjoyed Lucy Worsley’s Jane Austen at Home. It is exactly what the title suggests: a description of all the houses Jane Austen lived…

• The man who loved Dylan: Bob Willis, cricketer and fan

  Bob Willis, A Cricketer and a Gentleman credited to Bob Willis & Mike Dickson, edited by David Willis. Bob Willis (1949-2019) was the second…