My current summer read - I tend to read many books over the summer and winter breaks; Covid has slightly screwed up the pattern of all our lives (or rather the panic induced by the media coverage of it). This is the latest by Kazuo Ishiguro; one of our generation's great writers. Along with Ian McEwan, Stephen King, Philip Pullman, JK Rowling, John Le Carre and Gerald Seymour. His Never Let Me Go is, for me, the novel of the century so far - shared with His Dark Materials. This new one is fabulous. Strangely connected to McEwan's robot book.Machines Like Me (which should have made the Booker shortlist).

Thanks for those book suggestions, which I'll add to my list. Although my reading levels during lockdown hit all time highs - just like the stock markets and internet shopping.

Getting out and about, and travelling, are my goals now - after being incarcerated. The Shard for lunch tomorrow, followed by few pints in sunny Borough Market nearby.

Enjoy! Ishiguro is a wonderful novelist. I have read all his work and will get to his latest at some point this year. And from your photos what a perfect setting to read him...