Are You Sitting Comfortably October Further Reads with The Beautiful Book Company
Rebecca Fletcher’s Further Reading suggestions: ‘Art and love are all we leave behind’ – a beautiful line from The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy, debut novelist and this month’s guest for Are You Sitting Comfortably. The Porcelain Maker is such a bittersweet story of the enduring legacy and power of art and love to communicate beyond words, to transcend death, that it got me thinking about other books where these…
October 27, 2023Summer suggested reads with The Braided Rug Company
Summer reads are all about escaping into another world, whether you’re sitting on a sun lounger or snuggled up in an armchair. Here are our Are You Sitting Comfortably top reads – we’ve had our heads in a book to bring you the best of what’s on the shelves right now from a little magic to historical heists, summer get togethers, a troupe of dotty dachshunds and much more. …
July 22, 2023Are You Sitting Comfortably? February reads with Smith and Munson
Rebecca F sent me the most exquisite tulips last year and I have never forgotten them. With tulip fever dreams already blooming around us I knew that this fifth generation British company were the perfect sponsors for this month’s subject of Family. Smith and Munson were founded in 1949 in South Lincolnshire and are now fifth generation flower growers. It all began with George Smith, whose daughter Hilda married Jack…
February 5, 2023Further Suggested reads “Reputation” sponsored by Julia Brendel
I don’t know about you but I found that there was definitely food for thought this month with our theme of Reputation. From the devilish deliciousness of Becky Sharpe from Thackeray’s Vanity Fair and Sarah Vaughan’s brilliant female characters in her latest thriller, Reputation, to a wonderful cast of women of many talents, skills and much courage in Kate Mosse’s Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries, their voices whether in fiction or in real life,…
November 27, 2022Are You Sitting Comfortably- November reads “Reputations” sponsored by Julia Brendel
What an absolute corker of a month! Three extraordinary books dealing with super strong female characters. We will be interviewing the super famous Sarah Vaughan about her latest novel (also about to be made into a tv series like her previous book “Anatomy of A Scandal”) as well as looking at Kate Mosse’s latest book “Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries”. The amazing textile designer Julia Brendel is kindly sponsoring this…
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