I will be at that littleSt Deiniol's Library piece of heaven on earth, St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, this coming week, leading a course on Kill George. Details at the St Deiniol’s website.

If you are in the UK and haven’t already discovered St Deiniol’s, then why not? The national memorial for William Gladstone, it is the UK’s only residential library, with an amazingly comprehensive collection of history, theology, political economics and Victorian studies: “the most important research library and collection in Wales after the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.” The food is great, the accommodation is first rate, and the ambience is sublime. Plus, this week only, you get added Kill George for free (once you’ve paid the conference fee!)