T. J. Masters

Books & Reading #119 Great quote from the pen of the American author and educator Donalyn Miller. #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Upon arrival in Lisbon it has to be coffee and Pastel de nata.

Books & Reading #117 This comes from the American film maker David Frankel who is responsible for several great films including The Devil Wears Prada. #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Spotted in the wild @wmarybeard wonderfully readable new Talking Classics @waterstonesWQ

Oscar Wilde was always powerfully succinct with his statements! #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

I am especially glad now in retrospect that I said yesterday on BBC that I rather agreed with the Pope on current world politics (delusions of omnipotence etc). Not always on papal side, but I am here!

Books & Reading #115 This quote comes from White Nights by the Russian novelist and philosopher Fyodor Dostoevsky #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Tunnocks got the sponsorship deal again I see

Great review of @wmarybeard latest book Talking Classics in today's Times!

So pleased to be at Waterstones, Piccadilly to hear Patrick Ness talking about his much heralded new book Piper at the Gates of Dusk which returns us to the world of his Chaos Walking trilogy. #patrickness #chaoswalking

So pleased to be at Waterstones, Piccadilly to hear Patrick Ness talking about his much heralded new book Piper at the Gates of Dusk which returns us to the world of his Chaos Walking trilogy. #patrickness #chaoswalking

Books & Reading #114 This quote from the pen of author George RR Martin the American writer and creator of amazing fantasy worlds and characters. #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Excellent article about Mary Beard in Today's Sunday Times. I've been honoured to call her my friend since we met exactly 8 years ago, all thanks to Twitter as it was then. Few people are as eager to share knowledge, so generous with their time or so resilient through the fallout

My March reading! Some really great reads. Quite a few fun reads. Nothing that I struggled to finish. Roll on April #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Books & Reading #113 Another author who knew what he was talking about! #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #bookworm

My March reading! Some really great reads. Quite a few fun reads. Nothing that I struggled to finish. Roll on April #bookstagram #readersofinstagram

Oh dear, when a world leader threatens to, or boasts of, bringing an enemy 'back to the Stone Ages where they belong', I feel that we are all drawn back a little towards the Stone Age (if that's not an insult to the Stone Age).

Books & Reading #112 This quote comes from Miguel de Unamuno the Spanish essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, philosopher and academic who lived from Sept 1864 to Dec 1936

Books & Reading #111 Wise words from the Italian journalist and author Ugo Ojetti. #bookstagram

There you are minding your own business and convincing yourself that you can't possibly be that old when the DVLA reminds you in the least subtle way possible. ☹️