Book review – Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
The River Thames thunders through London. It has unleashed its watery power, shaping the city, for as long as there has been a city. It has brought trade from afar to its [...]
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Monthly book review as featured in the North London Local Magazine: Muswell Flyer
Book Review: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is the debut novel from Australian writer Holly Ringland. It’s won awards worldwide, spent many weeks in the bestseller lists, and it’s [...]
Book Review: Goblin by Ever Dundas
Ever Dundas, an author who I know is familiar with the stunning surrounds of Highgate Cemetery, brings all of life to the pages of her terrific novel Goblin. The novel begins [...]
Review of MR Carey’s book: Someone Like Me
M R Carey is someone that regulars to these pages will be familiar with. He’s the bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts, The Boy on the Bridge, and Fellside, to [...]
Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies – Nick Frost
When my life is at a point of change, I turn to autobiographies. I find something comforting knowing that people I admire have been through trials and tribulations themselves [...]
Mark Mason – Walk The Lines and The Importance of Being Trivial
It was my birthday recently and as usual I was on the receiving end of some excellent books. Unusually however, I received two by the same author. Mark Mason is all around [...]
Claire Askew – All the Hidden Truths
All the Hidden Truths is the debut novel from Scottish writer Claire Askew. It’s a literary crime novel that has taken the ‘who-dunnit?’ and made it into a [...]
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The tube network is synonymous with London. It’s the adventure every commuter and visitor to our great city must go on at some point. There is nothing like being on the [...]
Take It As A Compliment
Take It As A Compliment is an award winning series of graphic stories by writer and illustrator Maria Stoian that tackle harassment, abuse, and other negative behaviours. [...]
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Patches of Time – Elwin Higgins North London has been my home for eight years now. I moved to Muswell Hill from South London, and like anyone crossing such notable [...]