Green Knowe News Today

<strong>Letter: </strong>Lucy M Boston’s The Chimneys of Green Knowe, set in East Anglia, is commendable for the depiction of its hero, Jacob, a former slave boy, says <strong>Amanda Craig</strong>

Growing up in suburban London with Jamaican heritage, novelist Fiona Williams was enchanted by the bucolic visions of our classic children’s literature. But moving to the country as an adult raised complex feelings about belonging

‘The delicate loveliness of England is seen here at its best,’ wrote Arthur Mee. If only one could find the place on a map

We all held our breaths as we flipped the pages of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Here are 20 similar children's books that will light up the imagination.

I am thrilled to announce that Jacqueline Jackson is still alive. She is 94 (I think) and a treasure to this nation and the world. At one time, Jackson had made her book, Turn Not Pale Beloved Snail, available on the Internet for free. Back in 2011, I reviewed the book and told where to […]

Gladstone Library Hawarden

The author recommends works by Frank O’Hara, Louise Fitzhugh, and more

It was the decade that took children's fiction seriously. No wonder its classics are still at the heart of our youngsters' imaginations

The owner and resident of one of the two oldest, continually inhabited houses in Britain tells the story ...

A stroll through fenland and fields along the banks of the Great Ouse to an 18th-century watering hole twice named best pub in Britain