Events in the New Year about Books, Readers and Reading!

Dear Reading 1900-1950 Followers, I know that many of you are based outside the UK or not close to Sheffield, but equally I know others are based within travelling distance, so I thought I’d post this information about talks relating to Reading 1900-1950 areas of interest in and around Sheffield in the New Year. Most … Continue reading →

Sad Cypress (1940) by Agatha Christie

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid. Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it! My part of death, no one so true Did share it. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 4. … Continue reading →

Taken at the Flood (1948) and After the Funeral (1952) by Agatha Christie

Book review by George S: These two novels were published when Agatha Christie’s was at the peak of her powers, and delivering at least one best-seller every year – two, most years. Both are about families where something has gone wrong in a way, she hints, that mirrors what is going wrong with the country. … Continue reading →