Proust goes on holiday

by Sarah

My last post was all about the stress. As we were feeling frazzled, my husband, daughter and I booked flights and Air BnB and headed to Kos for some half term sunshine –… Continue reading →

Zen and the Art of Quantum Mechanics: Ruth Ozeki’s ‘A Tale For The Time Being’ #AW80Books

by Sarah

It’s not often that I’m lost for words, but I’ve been struggling with how to begin writing about Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being. My mind has been completely blown by it. In… Continue reading →

Sunshine and Wisteria plus Popcorn and Pyjamas – How to turn everyday into an Enchanted April.

by Sarah

After reading and luxuriating in the wondrous novel, The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim, I couldn’t resist getting hold of a copy of the DVD for an afternoon of sunshine and wisteria at San… Continue reading →

Proust on holiday: Jacques Tati meets Johnny Vegas.

by Sarah

Proust might not be the first name that springs to mind when choosing holiday reading material, but by happy chance I took my half-read copy of In the Shadow of Young Girls in… Continue reading →

Living Inside Time

by Sarah

Recently, I’ve not been reading well. I’ve spent the past month or so avoiding novels that require concentration as I’ve had none to give. I know why I feel like this and I… Continue reading →

Well, where would you take Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf for a great day out?

by Sarah

A couple of weekends ago my daughter and I caught the early National Express coach from Swansea to London and went to the Women’s FA Cup Final at Wembley. Despite copious packed lunch… Continue reading →

I have nothing in common with that carrot, take it away.

by Lucy

I have just finished ‘In The Shadow Of Young Girls In Bloom’ by Proust, and of course, it’s full of deeply insightful nuggets about human behaviour, especially the utter insanity of being in… Continue reading →

Why I’ll Never See Morrissey

by Sarah

Having been advised by the doctor that a trip to the theatre could prove too much for their son’s delicate constitution, Marcel’s parents ban him from attending, much to his chagrin. He would… Continue reading →

Marcel Proust – Let’s Hear it for the Birthday Boy!

by Sarah

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 →

Official cause of death – ugly curtains

by Lucy

Usually when an artist of any kind dies in a hotel room, there’s drugs, booze, hookers and/or goats involved. Our lad Proust is staying at the Grand Hôtel of Balbec (fictional place based… Continue reading →