novelists

Nancy and Evelyn

And some thoughts on editing

Jun 17 •

Harriet and Lord Peter

And their remarkable creator

May 29 •

When Agatha first went travelling

A hundred years on

May 20 •

May 15 •

Dear Muriel Spark

Mar 19 •

Don't Tell Alfred

In praise of Nancy's last novel

Mar 10 •

The W. Somerset Maugham Appreciation Society

and my favourite short story

Jan 22 •

That inspired William Thackeray

Jan 13 •

As featured in Jane Austen

Jan 6 •

Mr Dickens and Miss Coutts

A bitter-sweet story, for the sixth day of Christmas

Dec 30, 2024 •

What soups, what sandwiches!

Thoughts on Elizabeth Jane Howard

Nov 20, 2024 •

The Detection Club

Women members welcome

Sep 7, 2024 •

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