My Favourite Bookshelf
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Any time we spend with Johnson is time well spent.
The Merchant of Venice
Your first Shakespeare is always special.
Three Men in a Boat
If you feel the world is becoming too serious and the evening news too miserable, pick up this book, which has not been out of print since it was first published in 1889.
Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland is the most endearing and attractive of all Jane Austen's heroines.
How to Be an Alien
This little book has had the English laughing at themselves for years. Laugh with them!
If Only They Could Talk
Let James Herriot take you to north Yorkshire, where the winters are hard. Read about his life with Siegfried and Tristan and their triumphs and disasters as country vets.
Arms and The Man
All Hollywood romcoms are surpassed by the opening act of this play.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The translations into contemporary English by J.R.R.Tolkien or Simon Armitage will open up the world of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Still William
I don't think I am alone in going back to the William stories from time to time. He has certainly not been forgotten!
The Natural History of Selborne
Take a journey to the village of Selborne with Gilbert White.