The Draining Lake, Arnaldur Indridason. Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Pre-History, Francis Pryor, Sword of Honour, Evelyn Waugh, Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal , John Matusiak, Dancing In The Dark: My Struggle Book IV, Karl-Ove Knausgaard, Broken Vows: Tony Blair The Tragedy of Power, Tom Bower

It's been a while. Have had a wonderful holiday in the Vendee, Fred's first cub camp and Libby has been a mermaid in the school assembly. Last week was the family camp out at school and the kids had a fabulous time. However, today we found out that the UK has voted to leave the EU. I'm still in a state of shock and feel numb. I vacillate between moments of post-hoc rationalisation (can it really be that bad? Who do I know and respect who wants to leave [Dennis Skinner, basically]) and deep depression. Cameron's resigned, and the prospect of Boris as the next PM is just hideous, as it the fact that he'd win against Corbyn. What are the Labour Party to do to reconnect? Apparently we need to be anti-immigrant or 'listen to ordinary people's concerns' as the euphemism puts it.