mrs miniver's daughter

A stroll on a hot evening, licking an ice-cream. Up to the Castle. Down to the river. Along the High Street, via second-hand bookshop to Eto...

A little something to torment Darlene ... Lady Grantham: Edith, are you a lady or Toad of Toad Hall? Best Maggie Smith line from this week...

The last few days have been damp and dun. When the sun came out today - which wouldn't have pleased Darlene, who wanted atmospheric gloo...

When Spitalfields was the centre of a real living weaving industry, the pale weavers were to be seen with their butterfly nets in all the wo...

Jane Eyre or John le Carré ... I didn't have to think twice. There's no contest. It had to be Tinker Tailor. Can you give a film 10*...

Doesn't this inspire you to start your great Victorian novel? There's something about Atkinson Grimshaw that makes me think of Dicke...

Belatedly joining in with Cornflower's and Simon's game, the idea being that you complete each phrase with the name of a book that...