Fairing's Parish

I read book reviews and I'm often reasonably up on the anticipated and well-promoted books of the season.  So when I go to real bookshop...

I went to Evensong at Exeter Cathedral yesterday. Wednesday seems to be the childrens' day off, and you just get the adults from the ch...

So I did read some books in 2018.  I'm pretty sure it's not entirely helpful to keep such close track of what I read, as I end up th...

In January I read quite a few good things.  The anonymous diary of the fall of Berlin published as A Woman In Berlin was far from light rea...

TL;DR : read Jarett Kobek's I Hate the Internet !  Also, Golden Hill by Francis Spufford; everything Zen Cho has ever written; Nell Zin...

I've just seen the news that 10 people have been killed at Istanbul Atatürk airport. I think there may be extra anger there because thi...

Anastasis, or Harrowing of Hell The thing I most wanted to see in Istanbul this time was the Chora church, or Kariye Müsezi.  Like Hagia...