'Playing Under the Piano' by Hugh Bonneville

It's that time of year again, the Season of Celebrity Biography!  Last year saw a bit of a glut after the Covid-19 lockdowns kept many performers unemployed and indoors, leaving readers with a myriad of stocking-filling titles to choose from.  This year, things appear to be back to normal, and my pick of the 2022 crop was 'Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru' by Downton Abbey and Paddington actor Hugh Bonneville.

'Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North' by Rachel Joyce

Firstly, I want to make it clear that this has not become a Rachel Joyce fan site.  It just happened that the lady herself was one of the many brilliant writers to take part in a local literary festival recently, so I ended up getting my hands on the third book in the Fry family series much sooner than I expected.  On top of that, 'Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North' is much shorter than it's companions, and I couldn't wait to discover where Mrs Fry's travels would take her.