Emma from Bookish in Crickhowell gives us her recommended reading for our Food Special. The Silver Spoon One of the most influential and successful cookbooks in Italy. Originally published in 1950, it became an instant classic, selling over one million copies in eight editions. Considered to be essential in every household, it is still one […]
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New Beginnings : Part Six
“I know exactly what you’re thinking,’ said Guy in response to Lucy’s expression. ‘You thought it was great up until I did the jazz hands.” “No.” “OK, you just thought it was great, then,” said Guy with a grin. ‘The jazz hands make no difference,” said Lucy, folding a bright orange jumper and placing it […]
New Beginnings: Part Five
Part five of our serialised story by Queenie Young Guy Evans pulled into the driveway of the cottage at the end of the narrow lane. Spring had finally arrived; the hedges were vibrant with new leaves, and the fruit trees in Lucy’s garden were laden with heavily scented blossom. He already knew nobody would be […]
Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
This month’s book recommendation from Emma at Bookish in Crickhowell Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy’s friends reveal that she was afraid of […]
New Beginnings : Part Four
Our serialised story by Queenie Young Lucy sat at the bar on a precariously high stool and doodled her usual, favourite doodle of a sheep. In this particular sketch, she’d put comical eyelashes on Suzy, complete with a wide-brimmed hat and high heels. She glanced at her watch for the fifteenth time in the last […]
New Beginnings : Part Three
Part three of our serialised story by Queenie Young, Illustrated by Pete Hill It was unseasonably warm, but it didn’t matter to Lucy what the weather did – as long as it didn’t rain. It had been raining incessantly for the past week, so much so that the local river had swelled dangerously and eventually […]
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that […]
New Beginnings: Part Two
Part two of our serialised story by Queenie Young The sewing machine made a scary noise, then it jammed and then the needle broke. A line of blood trickled down Lucy’s hand. She puffed out her cheeks and sat back in her chair. She felt like crying, not because of the broken needle, or the […]
New Beginnings: Part One
Part one of our new serialised story by Queenie Young ‘Please don’t sulk Jack. Look, it’s a shiny van. Don’t you want to have a ride in it?’ Lucy coaxed. ‘No!’ said Jack and folded his arms resolutely. ‘You can’t sit on the front door step all day, you know, you’ll get cold. Besides,’ she […]
Book Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
If you thought that Sweden only produced dour and depressing crime books, then think again. Jonas Jonasson has here produced a comic gem that has been gaining popularity by word of mouth alone. It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people’s home, he is […]
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