More of the darn things…
Went away for the weekend – coincidentally this results in some great books bought. Among them were the following:
- The Age of Bede – a Penguin Classics collection of writings about the sixth- and seventh-century Christian church in Britain. Yes, I find these primary sources from the early Middle Ages very appealing, so looking forward to reading this. Yes, really.
- London Peculiars – Peter Ashley. This could, literally, take years of my life. Its subtitle is “curiosities in a capital city” and it contains a long list of visitable oddments – lots of them connected with railways and The Tube. I opened it, saw a picture of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel and knew I had to buy…
- Attention All Shipping – Charlie Connelly. A tour round the shipping forecast which has been nearly making me succumb to various three-for-two combinations for months now.
- My Roots – Monty Don. His ollected gardening columns from The Observer – what more needs to be said?
- And finally… two adorable cookbooks from The Covent Garden Soup Company and Green and Blacks. Want to come round to dinner?