Property News · May 5, 2023

Fake books? Charles Dickens got there first | Brief letters


Shelf-esteem | Gardening tips | Gruff justice | The power of voting | Scathing school reportsFake books are older than you seem to think (Fake books: the controversial interiors trend for literary pretenders, 1 May). Charles Dickens created “faux-aged spines” to line the door of his study at Gad’s Hill Place, his house in Kent. He gave them such titles as History of a Short Chancery Suit in Twelve Volumes, and Hansard’s Guide to Refreshing Sleep. I doubt it was to show people that he was literate. Harland WalshawLympstone, Devon• I would love to see Adrian Chiles’s gardening show (The unspoken truth about gardening? It is a relentless, unwinnable war, 4 May) as I too come from the Attila the Hun school of gardening, and feel I never got far enough to learn from the others. Margaret Squires St Andrews, Fife Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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