Can’t catch a falling star

Our amazing universe.

Middlemarch: A book for grown-ups

A great English writer was born 200 years ago today.

Harrods and the spirit of Christmas greed

You’d think Harrods would know better.

Bill Bryson in his element

The Body: A Guide for Occupants refreshes the parts other writers can’t reach.

Autumn

There’s more to it than mists and mellow fruitfulness.

A town the colour of sunlit sandstone and ironstone

The Sussex town of Midhurst features in at least three novels by H. G. Wells.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

October in the northern hemisphere is a time of splendour and nostalgia.