Church Times - Books for Christmas


Spiritualists, comics, pirates . . . and the Brown children Paul Handley comes clean about an editor’s reading habits Subscriber only	How to dress in the garden LOUIS XIV's gardens Subscriber only	Bringing the wonder back Sarah Jackson on the lives of historic travelling gardeners Subscriber only

Answering a question of taste Joe Jenkins welcomes royalty into his kitchen — despite his doubts about the menu Subscriber only	Where it all started Haworth Parsonage and the parsonage dining room Subscriber only	A tale of outcasts from Paradise Peggy Woodford enjoys a Bible story written back to front Subscriber only

Struggling out of the abyss A moving and intense novel about recovery from addiction Subscriber only	When Harry met a conniver This tale of campus life disappoints Sarah Meyrick Subscriber only	Green past An ancient garden design, with pond, from an Egyptian tomb painting. Subscriber only

Invoking Ireland’s never-ending siege Nicholas Frayling reads a family story that is entwined with strife Subscriber only	Clues to the dailies’ donnish tricks John Whale enters the setter’s mind Subscriber only	Grumbling through the war Alan Wilkinson on journals kept from 1940 until 1945 Subscriber only

After the gap years, the mystic turn Adam Ford enjoys a history of scientists tackling a mystery Subscriber only	Believers in the driving seat Robert Nowell reads a book to disagree with Subscriber only	From radical to ‘renegado’ There was much more to Southey than verse. That’s just as well, says Andrew Rudd Subscriber only

Poetry of the airwaves Betjeman’s radio talks are a delight, says Ronald Blythe Subscriber only	A full diary and rocky marriage David Self discovers more of Betjeman Subscriber only	Wireless, not powerless Woman's Hour considered Subscriber only

Living quotably at close quarters William Whyte enjoys the lives of clergymen whose eccentricity was given free rein by preferment Subscriber only	Joan’s view (and maybe Darby’s) Peggy Woodford on a stimulating thinker Subscriber only	Spreading sweetness and light Bill Bowder casts an eye over a changing Ireland Subscriber only

Soft, cuddly animals take over Christmas Children and their parents review a selection of seasonal titles for the younger book-lover Subscriber only	From the realms of glory, or just the imagination? Ian Bradley reviews Jane Williams’s new book about angels Subscriber only	Let all our strivings cease, and positionings begin Graham Kings finds good news in a work of theology through autobiography Subscriber only

Verses for teaching the faith Ian Bradley reviews Michael Saward’s free-of-charge hymn collection Subscriber only	Reflections of a solitary Sister Wendy beguiles Peter McGeary Subscriber only	Oxford don who prayed his dogma Raymond Chapman on a thoughtful anthology Subscriber only

For raising the roof Glyn Paflin on a new carol anthology Subscriber only	Merry England on its knees Jane Harris-Matthews likes a study of medieval prayer which looks at margins Subscriber only	A good selection Adam Ford enjoys a history of scientists tackling a mystery Subscriber only

Sticks and stones Simon Parke on noble nicknames Subscriber only	Did he ever tell you the one about the cream buns? This rabbi isn’t just kind: he’s clever, says John Armson Subscriber only	Prize crossword Three copies of Ronald Blythe's A Year at Bottengom's Farm up for grabs Subscriber only

Blue-eyed, but not rose-tinted Jimmy Carter is still on the angels’ side, John Whale finds Subscriber only	Coping when your prodigy is a prodigal Jacqueline Doherty has written a book about her troubled son Pete. Here she talks about it to Rachel Harden Subscriber only

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