To the marvellous early 18th century Rook Lane Chapel in my beloved home town of Frome last night to hear literary giant Alexander McCall Smith hold forth on his second string career as a hugely popular novelist, sources of inspiration, international travels and diverse personal projects to an unsurprisingly packed house. Credit for this booking […]

They say you should never meet your heroes, presumably because you’ll be disappointed to discover their feet of clay but there are exceptions to prove every rule. I grew up loving the storybooks written and boldly illustrated by John Burningham. Borka the goose without feathers, Humbert the dray horse who pulled the Lord Mayors coach, […]