This Month - Rudyard Kipling - Contributed by Tim

A child of the Raj, a prolific author who received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and whose face appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Of course, we are talking about Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) whose work may have divided opinions but has remained hugely significant.

Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his earliest years surrounded by the exotic sights and sounds of the Raj, enjoying visits to crowded bazaars and listening to Indian nursery rhymes. This idyllic life was to come to an..... Read More.

Featured Book - David Gentleman's Paris - contributed by Theresa

Paris is a special place for me as it was where I spent my honeymoon, Montmartre to be precise, in February. Paris is a beautiful city any time of the year, but for me Paris is a Winter’s Day.

Through his beautiful watercolours David Gentleman has managed to capture the real feel of Paris, its people and buildings, old and new.

He starts his ‘watercolour’ journey on the Seine, in particular the bridges of Paris, remarking: ‘Parisian life flows as easily across it as along...Read the full article.