@ClothesinBooks

I am screaming out loud all the time I write which takes off my attention rather and I hope will excuse mistakes. Moira Redmond in another life

 winchester UK
clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/
Joined February 2012
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Nothing says fun holiday outing like a vist to a dead poet's grave.
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People told me I should read Edgar Wallace's Mr JG Reeder stories - and I listened and enjoyed. He's a dusty civil servant with a mind for catching criminals, and appears in neat short stories. And goes to 1920s London theatres... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Matthew Sweet@DrMatthewSweetOct 10
Lovely stuff! And here’s me working on some primary sources.
Clothes in Books@ClothesinBooksOct 10
New substack newsletter on recent Barbara Cartland-fest on the blog - h/t @DrMatthewSweet clothesinbook.substack.com/p…
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New substack newsletter on recent Barbara Cartland-fest on the blog - h/t @DrMatthewSweet clothesinbook.substack.com/p…
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Barbara Cartland: we've had the new biog by @DrMatthewSweet , and her clothes. Now her books. And the similarities with books of another well-known author. Cartland boasted of reading books for research: how many of those were by Georgette Heyer? clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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I love me a stage school book, and recently discovered a new and excellent one (from the 1960s, mind) via readers of my blog. The Ballet Twins by Jean Estoril clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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What could be more Clothes in Books than EXCLUSIVE pictures of Barbara Cartland's clothes, courtesy of fashion expert Daniel Milford-Cottam ? Followup to post on @DrMatthewSweet 's marvellous biog of Barbara, The Great Dictator. A gallery of pink pictures clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Lost heirs and vicious families - always a good setup. Mary Fitt doesn't hold back in Death and the Pleasant Voices clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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You might think you dont need to read a biography of Barbara Cartland - but maybe you do. @DrMatthewSweet 's book is hilarious, and fascinating, and is also a history of the 20th century clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Is E Phillips Oppenheim the King of Tosh? I consider myself the Queen of writing about Tosh so maybe I can judge. The Interloper is a splendid book aobut the high life, low morals, and an unexpected heir... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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The i Paper
@theipaperSep 26
I’ve read hundreds of books about the royals – these are the 11 best trib.al/WwxzKh2

I’ve read hundreds of books about the royals – these are the 11 best

Earl Spencer's new memoir 'Swan Song' has caused shock waves – but it's not the only volume to spill the beans about the inner workings of the Firm

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the i newspaper asked me to turn my champagne socialist eye on books on the royals. I like an element of fairness and an element on gossip/bitchiness - these are my recommendations clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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I’ve read hundreds of books about the royals – these are the 11 best inews.co.uk/culture/books/11…
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Why has nobody done a TV drama of Georgette Heyer's detective stories? They re funny, dramatic and have great clothes. Case in point: No Wind of Blame, with Vicky dressing to suit a different persona every day (sometimes several times a day) clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Roger Mosey@rogermoseySep 10
This is worth a (long) read. theguardian.com/news/2026/se…

‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future

The long read: Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually involve – and will...

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Anthony Berkeley writes good Golden Age detective stories - and his survive - but does he have a strange view of what constitues an old lady? Does anyone have worse examples of writers describing people (mostly women) in their 50s, or even 40s, as old? clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Caron Allan
@caron_allanSep 5
Lovely Patricia Wentworth's books - and the clothes, the era, everything!
Clothes in Books@ClothesinBooksSep 5
Patricia Wentworth is famous for her Miss Silver mysteries - but she wrote fun standalones too. This one features a remote Scottish loch, a young heiress trapped, and who-knows-what swimming around clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Patricia Wentworth is famous for her Miss Silver mysteries - but she wrote fun standalones too. This one features a remote Scottish loch, a young heiress trapped, and who-knows-what swimming around clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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Dean Street Press@DeanStPressSep 3
We're so flattered to have our own F1 keyboard shortcut on your blog—that might be the highest praise a publisher could ask for!
Clothes in Books@ClothesinBooksSep 3
We are still looking at dower houses on the blog, and readers are still commenting and sending in suggestions, so here's a few more: Georgette Heyer, John Le Carre and a GA special ('the full bingo line') from - who else? - @DeanStPress clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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We are still looking at dower houses on the blog, and readers are still commenting and sending in suggestions, so here's a few more: Georgette Heyer, John Le Carre and a GA special ('the full bingo line') from - who else? - @DeanStPress clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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'An enjoyable farrago' could describe almost all Gladys Mitchell's Mrs Bradley books. This one is The Dancing Druids, and is great fun clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/…
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