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This has been a week of Art books – books which are not just beautiful to look at, but books which show how beautiful and vibrant the world can be, either by design or by nature.

The walk through town to and from the book shop when the weather is like this is a real joy – it’s not just a great opportunity for exercise, it’s the complete sensory experience.

It’s been a while since there was a sporting weekend like this – the weight of expectation heavy on such young shoulders, the dreams of a nation to be played out on the Wembley turf, only the edge of seats will be used on Sunday evening – the streets outside will be quiet whilst the emotional roller-coaster goes on indoors, one last push – ‘For England & St.George!’

Being a bookseller is like being an adventurer – heading off into the wide world to see what you can find, you have a map, you have an idea or two, but most importantly you have your curiosity

With some parts of the Kingdom seeing twice the rainfall in May that we’d normally expect, and with the temperature now getting higher, it’s no surprise the trees and hedges are eagerly sucking up all that moisture from the ground and giving the landscape a particularly luscious lush’ness – even the nortoriously lazy Hornbeam (?) trees in the walk outside the shop have finally started to get a wriggle on and show some colour. It may be a few weeks later than normal, but the palette of green which nature provides is particularly welcome this year.