Dry Drayton Reading Circle

Colin Thubron's eight month journey along the Silk Road, from China through Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and Turkey was the topic for the May meeting of the Reading Circle. Thubron's mixture of descriptions of environment and architecture, combined with anecdotes of his meetings with a wide range of people, was much enjoyed and 'Shadow of the Silk Road' was well recommended, as a good travel read, though some found his language somewhat over elaborate.

The 'Summer Readings on Food and Gardening' on 11th June was most enjoyable, with a wide range of contributions from members, ranging from Francis Bacon in the garden to recipes from mother's and grandmother's cookbooks and verses from Burns and Yeats to an encyclopaedic contribution on the potato!

Members chose the following selections for the Autumn.
17th September Philippa Gregory's historic biography 'The Other Boleyn Girl'. Harper.2008
15th October Victoria Hislop's novel 'The Island' Headline Review.2006
19th November Shusha Guppy's autobiography 'A Girl in Paris' Tauris Parke 2007
10th December Verse and prose evening, theme to be agreed.

The group meets at 7.30 PM at 63 Pettitts Lane. New members are welcome. Anyone wishing to join the group, or to know more about it, should get in touch with us.

Bill and Sandra Martin
01954 782 705
e-mail: sandrabill@leisureconsult.freeserve.co.uk

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