The Bedrroom Window Murder by Peter Zander-Howell - a promising new sereis to read, although a little slow to get going.

Murder at Millar's Hotel by Kelly Mason - lightweight, reasonably enjoyable and I'm not sure whether I'll finish the series.

Sleeping Soldiers by Jack Gatland - fast moving, frantic pace and 2D characters - not my thing

Trust Doesn't Happen by Accident in Hybrid Teams - make your meetings matter

We Have Ways Fest - a brilliant day of interesting war waffle.

Bletchley Park - an amazing museum

Brilliant Chang Return by Evelyn James - a fun plotline spoiled by sloppy research

Operation Mincemeat at The Grand Leeds - 4 days after seeing this I'm still not sure what I think about it.

Philosopher of the Heart: The restless life of Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle - a chewy book about a not very likeable person, but one that has made me think quite deeply.

Murder on Lexington Avenue by Fiona Veitch Smith - a frothy cosy crime novel. Book 3 in the series.

High Society directed by Rachel Kavanaugh at The Grand Leeds - a lovely way to spend the evening at the theatre when your brain in fried

The Anchoress of Chesterfield by Chris Nickson - the final book of the Chesterfield series and the least satisfying read.

Rocky Horror Show - Grand Opera House York: a slightly tired production...and I still enjoyed it.

Murder at the Old Vic by Fiona Veitch Smith - a mostly fun, quick read

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne by Emily Critchley - an uncomfortable book for an only child called Gillian!

Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man & Black Dyke Band Proms - my first Prom concerts and i absolutely loved them.

Aspire to Die by MS Morris - the first in the DI Bridget Hart series, set in Oxford. Jury's out as to whether I read the rest of the series.

A Front Page Murder by Fiona Veitch Smith - a pleasant way to spend an afternoon in 1920s London

Worse Things Happen at Sea by Evelyn James - trouble at a cricket match and a murder atv sea.

The Roaring Ridleys by KM Colley - the worst book I have read for a very long time.

The Holywell Dead by Chris Nickson - book 3 in the John the Carpenter series. Not the best book in the series but an interesting picture of what it might be like to live when the plague strikes.

Dragon's Lair by Sharon Penman - Justin de Quincy sets off to Chester on his third adventure to rescue treasure destined to pay Richard the Lionheart's ransom.

Are you accidentally killing autonomy in your team? - as leaders we underestimate the importance of autonomy at our peril. How does it work in your team?

Leviticus, the third book of the Bible - BORING! This is a book of repetitious lists.

DCI Tom Raven series by MS Morris - an enjoyable series to wind down at the end of the day with.

The Canning Town Murder by Mike Hollow - DI Jago and DC Craddock investigate a murder a 5th columnist investigator/blackmailer and a bigamist.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - brilliant dancing and my face still aches from laughing

The Tempest directed by Richard Eyre for RSC - I really liked this production but was a bit confused about Caliban

The Opium Purge by Elizabeth Bailey - book 3 in a series I'd forgotten about...forgotten about for a reason.

How to make the most of a conference stand: it drives me nuts when I attend a conference and see people wasting an opportunity - and wasting the money they've spent on the stand - not engaging with conference attendees. Here are some tips to help you make the most of the conferences you attend.

A Scandalous Deception by Lynn Messina - an instantly forgettable book but I quite enjoyed spending an afternoon with the preposterous plot.

Landscape of Death / Beneath Cold Earth by MS Morris - a modern detective series set in and around Scarborough. Implausible storylines but they kept me interested.

Clown Town by Mick Herron - the ninth book in the Slow Horses series took a while to get into but I enjoyed it and liked the ambiguous ending.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui directed by Sean Linnen for RSC - a play to shake you out of your "I'm having a nice evening at the theatre" mindset. Very enjoyable.

Cruel as the Grave by Sharon Penmann - Justin de Quincy is investigating a murder in London and helping Queen Eleanor foil the plots of her youngest son against King Richard.

The Picture House Murders by Fiona Veitch-Smith - set in 1929, Oxford science graduate Clara Vale inherits a detective agency and investigates a series of unexplained fires.

Percolate or Procrastinate - are you giving your sub-conscious time to mull things over or are you just putting things off?

The Blitz Detective by Mike Hollow - set in West Ham at the start of the Blitz, DI John Jago is investigating a murder where the victim and crime scene have been obliterated by a bomb.

Mamma Mia! at Hull New Theatre - a fun, warm and enjoyable way to spend an evening with friends.

The Saltergate Psalter by Chris Nickson - the second murder mystery in the Chesterfield novels sees John the Carpenter summonsed into another investigation with plenty of red herrings, twists and turns.

The Seventh Floor by David McCloskey - the third of McCloskey's novels about CIA operations and the return of Artemis Proctor to centre stage.

Marriage of Figaro - Opera North - a fun, modern take on Mozart's opera

Henry V, Directed by Tamara Harvey for RSC - an enjoyable way to spend an evening at the theatre and Alfred Enoch is becoming a really interesting actor.

The Trouble With Tortoises & The Valentine Murder by Evelyn James - entertaining without engaging too much of my brain.

No Shows - a perennial L&D issue and some ideas on how to tackle it.

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway - a book about Republican partisans in the Spanish Civil War on a mission to blow up a bridge.

Exodus, the second book of the Bible - the story of Moses from the bulrushes to the Ten Commandments

The Fossil Murder/Mr Lynch's Prophesy/Death at the Pantomime/The Cowboy's Crime by Evelyn James - I like this series - a good way to whilse away an afternoon - but 4 books on the trot is too many in one go.