The film star’s roots prompted her to collect Irish literature, including rare editions of Joyce, Beckett and Shaw. The 9,000 volumes are now housed in a lovely, and free, library in the principality.
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A whale of a time: a Moby-Dick marathon in Massachusetts
Fans gather in a non-stop reading of Herman Melville’s entire masterpiece at an annual winter festival in New Bedford, where the idea for the novel was born
‘I feel like I’m in a different time’: Thames Lido review
Unused since its closure in 1974, the pool has been restored and refurbished to a quirky and glamorous degree
Reading’s historic Thames Lido opens – in pictures
Following a four-year, £3.5m restoration project, the riverside lido opened on Monday on the site of an Edwardian women’s baths
Top 10 travel books for Christmas
Travel books broaden the mind and provide inspiration for your own dream trip. From beautiful photography books to daring and sometimes madcap adventures all these make perfect presents
Holiday downloads: what to put in your digital suitcase
We now spend more time deciding what to take with us on our tablets, phones and e-readers than we do packing our bags. Here’s how to organise your digital luggage
Reading American cities: books about Detroit
The Motor City has inspired impassioned poetry, meticulous realism, tales of the supernatural, riveting non-fiction dramas and more.
Bookshops of the world in pictures
Weird and wonderful bookshops worldwide – in pictures
Free Books – Sports the Olympics Forgot
If you are a member of goodreads (www.goodreads.com) log in to the website. You can apply to receive one of six copies of my book Sports the Olympics Forgot. If you are selected, I will send you a signed copy of the book within a month. The offer ends on June 16th.
Free Book – The Goat Parva Murders
If you are a member of goodreads (www.goodreads.com) log in to the website. You can apply to receive one of five copies of my book The Goat Parva Murders: An Inspector Knowles Mystery. If you are selected, I will send you a signed copy of the book within a month. The offer ends on MayContinue reading “Free Book – The Goat Parva Murders”
