Sophia Waugh 
A ladykiller at large
Ever since Sergeant Cuff appeared in The Moonstone in 1868, we English have loved our detectives. Moody Scandinavian fiction might come and go, but Peter Wimsey, Poirot, Marple and of… Read more
From Luxor to Heston services
This wonderful book is not a history of food in 100 recipes at all; it is a history of the world in 100 recipes, as seen through the medium of… Read more
Family get together
Mark Haddon is in what must sometimes seem like the unenviable position of having written a first (adult) novel which was, and continues to be, a smash hit. Drawing in… Read more
… in the fall of a sparrow
Set in Romania in the 1950s, this is the story of two people, Augustin and Safta, who are both very different and yet very closely linked. Safta is the daughter… Read more
Losing my bottle
Why does Waitrose think I can’t be trusted with Chablis? I was refused alcohol in Waitrose the other day. Not because of my age, nor because I don’t look my… Read more
Bookends: Getting it perfect
There is an old joke which says that if you are lost in the desert, start making a salad dressing as someone will pop out of a sand dune and… Read more
It’s all here
Sophia Waugh hymns the unique spirit of her home county In theory we could be self-sufficient, running our own kingdom, and sometimes, as one of England’s most rebellious counties, we are… Read more
Just the one regret
Is he a monster, saint, genius or lunatic? In this massive book Naim Attallah attempts to lay to rest the gossip, slander and misconceptions that have dogged him for much… Read more
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