
January 2026 Books
Experimenting with making notes about books I read during the year. Fiction/Non-Fiction anyway, technical books may or may not make the list Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway Harkaway doing his Dad’s legacy proud I thought I had exhausted the George Smiley canon a while ago and was quite excited to hear that the BBC had commissioned a new series based on A Legacy of Spies starring Matthew Macfadyen. I’d previously listened to the superb collection “The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas” which Audible were doing for a single credit a while back. The BBC at its best. Some of them were a bit dated it’s fair to say, but they were great entertainment. I’d even rewatched the two classic Alec Guinness series, after which I felt faintly melancholic as they reminded me of my youth watching them and for an England of the past. ...