From the outside looking in, I have always wondered about the rooms hidden away behind the climbing ivy which beautifully enhances the old brickwork at the front of The Angel Hotel. It especially captures my attention in the height of summer when the brightly coloured flowers – the pinks, the…
I wonder what Charles Dickens would say today if he saw just how popular A Christmas Carol has become. This well-liked story of Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by ghosts from Christmas’ past, present and future have been gracing both the big and small screens since 1901, giving it the honour…
Charles Dickens, a man that would have been 205 years old today, is still a well-loved author famed for his eloquent descriptions of Victorian London. No other author seems to have captured the filth and squalor of his time in quite the same poetic way. ‘It was the best of…
Literature Festivals: Why You Should Go As an often over-zealous bookworm I have been known to seek out these events where upon I can go and track down my favourite authors. It is an opportunity for me to rub shoulders with other geeky types who have namely one thing in…
Lake Léman, better known as Lake Geneva, is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and has been a focus for many well-known authors, including both Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. Why Lake Léman? You may believe that the largest lake in Switzerland has always been called Lake Geneva…