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By Roz

For once, jet-lag saved my bacon. This month book club has been reading Rose Tremain's book Sacred Country. It had been on my shelves for a while (I'd picked it up having read The Road Home, and then failed to get round to it) and Layla pounced on it with vigor back in mid-October, saying she'd read it first. As we stepped on to the plane home back from our honeymoon in NYC she still hadn't finished it. Not because it wasn't good, but because other delights had distracted her. An hour into the flight, she finished it and proclaimed it one of the best books she'd read in months. With book club less than 48 hours away, I felt somewhat aggrevied. And definitely depressed at the thought of confessing to the group that I'd not read it, despite my enthusiasm for reading it when proposed. However, all worked out well in the end, with what would have been a frustratingly sleepless night on Monday being made very pleasant indeed by the company of Mary / Marty and the others. Next month we'll be discussing Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson - it's a Persephone classicand very jolly indeed. We'll also try and make our meeting a little Christmas-ey, with food or mince pies or something. So do come along.

It's also very pleasing to return from a holiday to find a friend surrounded by the bright lights of success. In our taxi back from Heathrow (we arrived in the early hours of the morning), we passed the Oval House theatre and were delighted to see that they have changed their sign, and there is now a huge picture of our friend, the fabulous Michael Twaits (who has performed at a number of Gay Camberwell events). Even better, his show Icons (which we saw early versions of last year at the Proud Galleries) is opening today at the Soho Theatre. It's Time Out's Critics Choice and Lyn Gardener (she of the Guardian) has been blogging her excitement at the opening. So we should all bite the bullet, leave Camberwell (for once). Not least because the horror of leaving Camberwell is softened by this special offer (£6 tickets).

 


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