Sam Jessop – Google

My 11year old bookworm and I have just read this together. 10.5 hours of reading over a week later and I have to say this was brilliant. The couple of spicy bits went over his head, so weren't awkward and didn't make my "safeguarding" alarms go off. We have really really enjoyed it. TBF... I initially thought this was a children's book. But the plot is brilliant and what I really admired was that, when you finally realise what is going to happen (about 6 hours in), she hasn't rushed the end. Every twist and turn is considered and well thought through. Even when everything is over, she spends the time to neaten the edges and ties it up in a bow. Fantastic book well worth the read xxx thank you Caitlin.

Dreadful

This was a fantastic film with a great cast. There was an irony that Kempton Bunton was sending scripts in to the BBC whilst refusing to pay a TV licence... But then his campaign was never really an anti BBC stance. He saw the two things completely as separate things as what he was fighting for was that the vulnerable ( the elderly and those who had fought in the war), should be able to have a licence paid for by the government; something that only came into play for the elderly in the year 2000 some 39 years later. Some of his arguments still stand today such as why everyone with a TV has to pay for a licence to the BBC when they might choose to watch other channels. I also found it amusing that I saw it on BBC I player: Female, 47, normally enjoys light murder mysteries xxx

The Duke

Cruella