from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
It was the spring before the vote on our relationship with the European Union, and so I started from what I...
18 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
I worked as only someone who lives without dependents or lovers can. Harkaway, Nick, Gnomon (William Heinemann, 2017)
18 December 2017
from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
The right to avoid self-incrimination, the right to die, the right to live, the right to freedom from slavery, freedom of...
18 December 2017
from “Saving the World One Dog at a Time” by Kameron Hurley
This is how you save the world, one life, one act, at a time. Kameron Hurley. (2017). Saving the World One...
8 December 2017
from A skinful of shadows by Frances Hardinge
Children are little priests of their parents, watching their every gesture and expression for signs of their divine will.
20 November 2017
from H is for hawk by Helen Macdonald
The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might be alive...
2 September 2017
from H is for hawk by Helen Macdonald
I think of all the complicated histories that landscapes have, and how easy it is to wipe them away, put easier,...
2 September 2017
from H is for hawk by Helen Macdonald
Human hands are for holding other hands. Human hands are for holding other humans close.
2 September 2017
from H is for hawk by Helen Macdonald
Looking for goshawks is like looking for grace.
25 August 2017
from Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
a key to the understanding of all religions is that a god’s idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased...
17 August 2017
from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own
21 July 2017