For ‘fans’ of the idiosyncratic experience of staying at The Adelphi Hotel Liverpool I’ve just come across this advert in an 1891 theatre programme (Is it unkind to say I’m not sure any of the four specialities can be guaranteed today..)

A broad church of reading.. (Practically a cathedral)

As evening views from the station go Dawlish delivers pretty well

A statement from Linda Ronstadt

I haven’t - will keep an eye out for him

Yes! Me and some work friends are going on 5th Nov! Such a good writer - I was surprised to see looking it up today how many of his great books (The Watch House, The Wind Eye etc) are out of print. The kids today are missing out 😢

We have many Robert Westall hallmarks already - WW2, cynical kids, the North-East, working class domesticity (He’d later move on to antiques, ghosts, shipwrecks and cats)

A second-hand find - I don’t know Eileen but obviously brought for love of the great Robert Westall

Uh it’s definitely been charted

Celebratory cup of tea