This week has been a surprising one. Firstly I had my two adorable grandchildren to stay overnight.
It arrived from the auction house in Paris wrapped up like a Russian doll, and when the curators peeled away the layers to find the jewel beneath, some of them wept.
Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but female writers are often portrayed as loners. Not so says Emily Midorikawa in her new book A Secret Sisterhood.
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