Currently reading: 120 Rue De La Gare by Léo Malet 📚
Category: Books
Posted on February 22, 2026
Finished reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚
Posted on January 23, 2026
Currently reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚
Posted on January 14, 2026
Finished reading: Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski and Tim Wigmore 📚
Posted on January 13, 2026
Finished reading: An Instance Of The Fingerpost by Iain Pears 📚
Posted on January 7, 2026
Currently reading: The Odyssey by Homer 📚
About to start Book 6 of _The Odyssey_. Progressing – at a fairly slow pace that suits me 😄 – alongside the Instant Classics Podcast Book Club episodes. Emily Wilson’s translation is a pleasure to read.
> Tell me about a complicated man.
Posted on November 14, 2025
Experiencing Storm Claudia in Stratford. It’s wet outside. Spending the whole afternoon in The White Swan bar – Fuller’s beer, wine, chips and some reading 📚☔️😊
Posted on October 29, 2025
Finished reading: Introduction to Buddhism and the Practice of Zazen: The Teachings of Gudo Nishijima Roshi by Michael Luetchford 📚
Posted on October 2, 2025
Finished reading: The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington 📚
Not an easy or straightforward read. Definitely wish I’d read the Afterword before the novel, it explains a lot.
Posted on October 1, 2025
Finished reading: Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography by Jean Rhys 📚