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.