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Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is an old book. First published in 1968 it was a fantasy novel written for young adults

The first surprising thing about Dracula is his name. His father’s name was Vlad the Dragon or Vlad II Dracul after Sigismund of Luxembourg made

When I was a girl, I was very fond of Benjamin Luxon’s performances of A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, set to music by

Life is full of surprises. You can think you understand something thoroughly and then find out that you are mistaken. Like many people, I believed

As a young woman I studied the violin at the Royal College of Music, and that is how I became a fan of Edward Elgar.

This weekend is the last hurrah for British Holiday-Makers, a time when the Government closes banks on Monday, so that the British People have a

As many of you know I am currently in England, the land where I was born and spent the first 21 years of my life.

I lived near the Thames for the first twenty-one years of my life, yet, for some reason that I cannot now account for, I have

As I experienced this novel as an audiobook, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was NOT confused by the names of all the

Although there were flaws to this debut novel, what really bowled me away were the clever plot twists. From the very beginning ~ the bad

Like many others I was surprised to find that the Duchess of York had turned into a novelist ~ and a very good one at

Meditation has changed my life. I know many people say that, but it is true. Before meditation, I was extremely anxious. Afterwards I learned where