Finished reading 2025: Heretics by GK Chesterton 📚

Finished reading 2025: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Collector’s Edition (Book of Dust, Volume 1) by Philip Pullman📚

I loved getting back into the world of His Dark Materials, it was the perfect accompaniment on the 5 day train across Canada. Can’t wait to read the rest of this prequel trilogy.

Finished reading 2025: Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1) by John le Carré 📚

Just finished Call for the Dead by John le Carré. Really enjoyed it. It’s exactly my sort of thing: pre-internet England, spies and spycraft, the dull administration and obsessive attention to detail, rather than the sexed-up James Bond version (though I enjoy that too).

I wanted to be a spy when I was a kid. Not sure I would now, but there’s a certain romanticism to it in these books. Late nights, pubs, members’ clubs, codes and procedures. Maybe what I really want is the life of a well-connected Oxbridge graduate with quiet access to secrets. I dreamt of being important, having some kind of hidden status, of knowing things others didn’t. Probably not an uncommon fantasy. I look forward to making my way through...

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. February was quite the month for me. For personal reasons as well as feeling like the year has really taken off. Time is moving so fast, and there’s a lot I want to experience. Bring on spring!

Finished reading 2025: Poetry for the Many by Jeremy Corbyn 📚

It’s December, so obviously, I’m in reflection mode—looking back on the year, spotting the wins, and acknowledging where there’s room to improve. One area that I failed at this year was reading more.