It doesn’t matter how much imagination or empathy you’ve got, sometimes it’s hard to know what something feels like til you’re doing it. What I’m doing these days is being nearly 50. (Less than a fortnight, since you ask.) From the advantage of youth, you’d have thought that 50 was the end of the […]
On a (nearly) 50-year-old mind…
Top books we lie about reading to appear more cultured
The best blogs are about making you feel that you aren’t alone in your secret little shame. You read them to feel better about feeding your children toast three times a day, cleaning your bathroom with your dirty knickers or fancying Tyrion Lannister. That kind of thing. This one’s about the books you pretend to […]
