Monthly Archives: August 2026

At the start of this year, I had never heard of Mafalda – but I am glad I now have. She’s a little girl who was the star of a newspaper comic strip in Argentina and her antics are hilarious. … Continue reading →

Despite being such a cultural landmark, I hadn’t consumed any version of Bridget Jones’s Diary – neither the novels, nor the popular movie series until very recently. However, I was always aware of its existence and after a good friend … Continue reading →

This is the seventeenth book in the Doctor Who New Adventures series, and it’s one of my favourites. Although I have grown to like her, until this point I felt that none of the novels really gave Bernice Summerfield enough … Continue reading →

This is the ninth and final Sherlock Holmes book – one last collection of short stories. These are all very much from the point in time when Conan Doyle’s heart was no longer in it. Because of this, the stories … Continue reading →