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Dick Sainsbury has decades of experience in geriatric medicine – first as a medical officer, then as a consultant physician, and more recently as a researcher. His new book All Experience is an Arch, brings together all his knowledge in a collection of writing about geriatric medicine, older people and …

Having read Michael McIntyre’s first book Life & Laughing years ago, I jumped at the chance to read and review his new book A Funny Life. I really enjoyed the new book which contained lots of funny stories and an insight into how comedy and panel shows in the UK …

Dr Sally Rimkeit (a psychogeriatrician) and Dr Gillian Claridge (an applied linguist) discuss the research that led them to develop the Dovetale Press books – a series of classic tales that have been adapted specifically for people with dementia.

Our Production Officer, Summer McCambridge, recently read Yours Cheerfully, the new novel by Sunday Times Bestselling author AJ Pearce - read her review below and win yourself a copy!

In his new book Brutal: The 100-year fight for world rugby supremacy, historian and rugby writer Ron Palenski puts this this see-sawing rivalry under the spotlight.

The Secret Path is definitely a holiday read; it’s light, fluffy and in a time of COVID lockdowns, allows you to escape to the beaches and jungles of Costa Rica.

Paul Cleave is a master! I have read quite a few of his novels and I have never been disappointed. Some are arguably better than others but I have to say I think this one is his best (so far). The Quiet People, like many of his novels, is set …

Reading this is good for your health – seriously! Robert Wilson, a professor of neurological sciences at Chicago’s Rush University, has been looking at the effects of reading on the human brain. His research is based on longitudinal studies in elderly people, measuring their memory and thinking. “We discovered early …

In Order to Live Yeonmi Park Random House RRP $27.95 I was really interested to read this book as it tells the tale of a young North Korean defector and her family who have a harrowing journey to freedom in South Korea via China. Certainly given the subject matter and …