by David West | Dec 23, 2022 | News
I have posted a few news items about my decision to switch to an electric car. The EV journey continues.The surveyor from Ohme came yesterday and checked the installation requirements for the charger. He seemed shocked that I’m collecting the car a week today, and...
by David West | Dec 21, 2022 | News
I had a golf lesson today, which went really quite well. Apropos of nothing, perhaps just because it was Wednesday, I thought about my father. Dad used to play on one Wednesday a month with the Cock and Bull Golf Society. They played some very great courses, and dad...
by David West | Dec 20, 2022 | News
Are book awards a good recommendation? If you’ve read my recent posts, you’ll know that I’ve tried to read Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize winners. I did finish Wolf Hall, but gave up on Bring Up The Bodies. Her use of language is outstanding, but the story wasn’t...
by David West | Dec 18, 2022 | News
I have read just over a fifth of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize winner, Bring Up The Bodies, and I’m giving up. Life’s too short. Yes the language is beautiful, but it’s not a page-turner. If I want beautiful language I can read poetry. There has to be something in a...
by David West | Dec 16, 2022 | News
I am reading Bring Up The Bodies, by Hilary Mantel. She has won two Booker Prizes.She won her first with Wolf Hall. Bring Up The Bodies provided the second. I read Wolf Hall around ten years ago, sadly I can’t truthfully say that I enjoyed it. Mantel uses the device...
