Happy Birthday Marcel! When we discovered that we had both been reading and having our minds blown way by Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time’, the online discussions that followed triggered the idea… Continue reading
Happy birthday Honore de Balzac! I might have only read one of his novels so far, but I loved it enough to read it twice. In ‘Old Goriot’, Balzac gives us entry to… Continue reading
Today is Kenneth Grahame’s birthday – hooray! Not many people know that as well as writing ‘The Wind in the Willows’, ‘The Reluctant Dragon’ and numerous short stories, he used to work for… Continue reading
It was my birthday on Tuesday – Woohoo! My lovely friend and partner in crime, Lucy sent me this fabulous present – a Virginia Woolf book bag. I love it so much, and… Continue reading
Today is Victor Hugo’s birthday – Bon anniversaire, Victor! As I’ve just read the magnificent ‘Les Miserables’, I couldn’t let his birthday go by without a little celebratory knitting. ‘Les Miserables’ is a… Continue reading
As it’s Dickens’ birthday today (203 years old – looking good, Charlie boy!), I could hardly let such an important date pass without celebrating it, especially as Lucy has recently raised the gauntlet… Continue reading
