Eva Ibbotson’s Memories of Vienna
I have never been to Vienna, although I have long wished to go. I've seen photographs and travelogues of the city and it looks splendid.…
2nd December
Persuasion is Jane Austen’s most mature novel. It has always been my favourite of her books and the older I’ve become, the more I’ve appreciated…
The Blog’s Name
I expect that some of you recognise the allusion in the title of my blog. It's to Lewis Carroll, of course, in Alice's Adventures in…
