This month the Lit List has been taken over by the Burton Book Club as they celebrate their tenth anniversary. When the Book Club first came together in March 2014, who knew that we’d still be going strong ten years later. Over that time we have read everything from enduring Read more…
Love Untold (2023) by Ruth Jones Summary Grace is about to turn ninety and she doesn’t want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants a quiet celebration: her daily swim in the sea and a cup of tea with granddaughter Elin and great-granddaughter Beca. More than anything, she wants to Read more…
Article by Julia Howey Since 2021, a team of Parish volunteers has been managing four verges as part of a Wiltshire Council Highways initiative to showcase and promote wildflower friendly management cutting schemes for roadside areas. Verges are home to almost half of our native flora so they really need Read more…
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, Friday 26th – Sunday 28th January Sign up to join the world’s largest garden wildlife survey organised by the RSPB. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers like you take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring. By registering you Read more…
Everything is Everything (2023) by Clive Myrie Summary As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cover to cover and dreamed of becoming a journalist. In this deeply personal memoir, he tells how his family history has influenced his view of the Read more…
Top 10: best reads of the year A retrospective of our favourite reading during 2023, not necessarily published this year, in fiction and non-fiction. These are books that stay with you long after the last page is read.
Top 10: counterfactual novels A top ten of fiction that takes a point in history and diverges from it, exploring what if an historical event had taken a different course. Bubbling Under
The Maid (2023) by Nita Prose Summary It begins like any other day for Molly Gray, silently dusting her way through the luxury rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel. But when she enters suite 401 and discovers an infamous guest dead in his bed, a very messy mystery begins to unfold. And Read more…