‘Coffee was considered a little too stimulating for female workers’ I’ve always had interest in the Cadbury family’s business methods anyway so was delighted to find out that local author Fiona Joseph was writing a book about them. More specifically, Beatrice Boeke, nee Cadbury, daughter of Richard was born in 1884. On the strength of [...]
‘That’s all love is, you know, wanting to be the best person you can be for someone.’ This was one of two books I bought at the last Birmingham Book Festival. Two authors did a book reading event together and both books are quite dark. Not my usual read – dark is OK but I’ve [...]
I bought this book in Vancouver. I’ve always loved the book shop on Davie Street around the corner from my hotel but today, I find it’s closing down. However, far from it losing out to the big boys, I am told the owner is just retiring so not all that sad. But shame they couldn’t [...]
This is the third book I have read from the talented Ms Roland and the way she is writing them I cannot keep up! As with the previous duo, I’ve waited until the paper version despite the online book being available long ago. I just prefer the pages and the ownership of a book, which [...]
~Love, Death and Duran Duran~ It needed a fan girl book to get me back into my reading groove this year. Last year was my worst for reading since I got back into the habit in 2008. The book-a-week rule has all but gone out the window but I’m determined for its return in 2013. [...]
I saw Michael Johnson been interviewed by Matthew Syed for a Times newspapers special at Cineworld. The event was in London but broadcast across several cinemas which I think is a great idea. I saw Sir Clive Woodward at a similar event and all this may give the impression that I’m a big sports fan [...]
Am I being productive or active? These are some of the many tips for being productive. One of my often used words is ‘focus’ and Ferriss is big on making every minute count and not creating tasks for yourself. If [due to a heart attack] you could only work 2 hours per day, what would [...]
Oh what a delight; having just read one India Knight book I’m straight into another, rush reading to clear my current reading list before I go on my travels. Again written in the author’s ‘keeping it real’ style, India’s characters are this time based in the obviously familiar North London but still well to do [...]
You know when you are on the first page of a book and you love it? That. I don’t think this has happened before but somewhere near the bottom of that first page, I fell in love with this book. Not that’s its surprising, India Knight is one of my favourite (Sunday Times) writers but [...]
Indeed a strange but ultimately enjoyable book. It took about a third of the book for me to get into, not for the first time, but I always think it’s such a waste of precious time to start reading something and then not get the benefit of the whole story. The story is of 10 [...]
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