WORLD BOOK DAY….. 

My choice and current read is “The Whalebone Theatre”.  I admit it wasn’t my choice of book, but one that Jean had read a few years ago and left on a pile for me to read ‘sometime’.  I am currently on page 420 of 555.  so I guess it was worth picking it up and turning the page.   Love, grief, courage and comedy all intertwined  to tell the story of 3 children, two sisters and one brother from different generation, from 1920 through to 1945…a very British  class and status society that evolved between the wars.  As for the Whalebone and the Theatre, you will need to read the book for yourselves… it is a link to much that happens to the lives of those 3 children growing up in the rapidly changing world.  Serious times, some situations we can parallel with today, all superbly described that makes you want to turn the page.  All the more amazing as it was the debut novel of writer Joanna Quinn

Maybe in todays strange world my byline is even more relevant..so….

Please Remember ….
Stay Safe …. Be Kind…. Look After Each Other

5th March
(C) David Oakes 2026