Category: Classic
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14th October 2025 – The Small Hand by Susan Hill
Robert Aickman, perhaps the greatest English writer of supernatural fiction, more than once expressed the view that the ghost story as a form was analogous to poetry. What he was getting at is that it is delicate, shaded, requires a deal of sensitivity from the writer, and has many competing elements that have to be…
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11th November 2025 – Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
An ancient river. The journey upstream of some impressionable young men into a mysterious, challenging interior. An inevitable reckoning at the source. Finally, the terrible return to reality. Here, surely, is pre-Edwardian English fiction at its classic finest. But this is not Heart of Darkness, and the river is not the Congo. Actually, it’s the Thames,…
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9th December 2025 – Murder Under the Mistletoe by The Reverend Richard Coles
It’s that time of year again… Gaudy jumpers and garish paper enwrap us and our Secret Santa gifts at the annual Christmas get together. The rules are simple: Then, on the night, we’ll pop all the gifts in Santa’s sack. Everyone gets to pick a great new read. We’ll review those in the January 2026…
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