Bridget Jones’s Diary 1st January 1970
An entertaining meander through the life of 30 something Bridget, every aspect is explored and laid bare. Comical, wry and very entertaing, this became a cultural icon in its own right.
Blogs in January 1970
High Fidelity 1st January 1970
Perhaps a “guy” novel, it tells of life through the wounded eyes of Rob and his ending relationship with Laura: she is a solicitor, he “only” runs a record store. The first pages are worth the read alone, beautifully...
The Various Flavours of Coffee 1st January 1970
It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee – and encounters Pinker’s free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada and Emily. As romance blossoms...
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky 1st January 1970
Bob – bartender in a pub just off the Euston Road – is desperate to become a writer. He inherits a small sum of money and carefully builds it up, but the arrival Jenny Maples changes his life… (Part...
When London was Capital of America 1st January 1970
Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. And in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to...
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