If you like British series, have you tried Foyle's War [there is a new series starting soon] It is really good, set in the UK in the Second World War and well acted. I only came across it by chance, and don't know how well known it is in the US?

Post bomb my concentration went for a long time and I found reading for any period extremely hard, and then I could only read old favourties. But good tv series were easier to concentrate on.

Do you butter the bread for your cucumber sandwiches on both pieces of bread or one piece only [there are two schools of thought onthis!]

And do you use tea bags or leafy tea?? Sadly most Brits have moved to tea bags, but tea leaves make teh better drink imho!

Don't want you ladies salivating, but I was bought up in a house with an aga in the kitchen. Total joy, and the warmest place in the house.