On The Roof : A Thatcher's Journey by Tom Allan the week the US lost an opportunity

the US lost an opportunity to confront its deepening threats

unfussy and incredibly elegant

She was supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr Mercedes and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart

Keith Forrester interrelates travel writing

cherries and almonds

On The Roof : A Thatcher's Journey by Tom Allan the week the US lost an opportunityThatched roofs are like living organisms: each one a web of repair, replacement and alteration, shaped, dressed and re moulded by every pair of hands that works on it. Thatching is one of the world's oldest crafts an ancient trade that roots us in nature, as Tom Allen discovered when he quit an office job to become an apprentice in Devon. Now a master of the trade, in On the Roof he goes in search of its history and future, meeting fellow thatchers,