Ah, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book? If not, then run, don’t walk - the book is brilliant and the recent Disney+ adaptation is the most fun you can have with...
Some years ago, a friend of mine became a mistress to an Oscar-nominated director. She confided that he did not treat her very well. She also confided that his wife knew everything, and was being...
We're ending the year with one of our best collections of new books, and this time we're bringing you some of the non-fiction that resonated in 2024. Perfect for reflecting and learning about the...
This month over at Five Books For, we've been exploring wintry books that are perfect for reading on cold nights, especially if you're wrapped up warm in front of a fire. With that in mind, this...
Some books break you open, and some widen your cracks to let in light. They dim the comfort of the mundane and call upon you to face your thoughts. If you’re fortunate, you meet up with those often...
Everyone wonders how an elderly gentleman can climb down chimneys every Christmas and deliver all those presents in one night. The answer is simultaneously simple and implausible: magic. Although...
As the year comes to an end, energy is also waning and time seems to be running out. But this is not the moment to stop the urge to read, as there are plenty of great books that come with few pages....
This month at Five Books For, I've been exploring historical fiction and I'm so excited to share here one of my favourite books of all time and the absolutely brilliant adaptation of it which I hope...
Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon, whose book Elis: Irish Call Girl has been reviewed for Global Comment by me this month, was gracious enough to grant me some of her time to discuss the...
In Elis: Irish Call Girl, Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon tells her story of working in the Irish sex trade. Her purpose in doing so is to warn any young women thinking of entering this...
