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Janner. Colourful fashion and books blogger (crime, literary, history) at isthismutton.com, 400k page views per month. London, UK. Nominated for British Book Blogger of the Year 2025

Grimston's oak, a tree thought to be more than 250 years old, Epping Forest
Woman over 60 overlooking a blue Aegean sea wearing aquarius blue
Cover of book A Hard Days Night by Samira Ahmed
A clump of Foxgloves in Epping Forest. June
Cover of When You Looked Away, published on 9 July.
Graphic showing 3 books rated with 5 stars in May by isthismutton.com
Is This Mutton's April, shown with a few pictures
Cover of The Apothecary by the Sea by Victoria Bennett
Two protective geese with their goslings
Graphic showing highlights of March life for London blogger Is This Mutton
Pink Triumph tulips. London, UK
Cover of The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín
Cover of How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson, a 5 star thriller
New books reviewed by Is This Mutton for February 2026 including Life as Planned by Amanda Prowse and Room 706 by Ellie Levenson
Longhorn cattle in Epping Forest
Picnic table under water in Epping Forest, London
Urban village green with carpet of purple crocuses. Chingford, London
Cover of non-fiction book The Wives of Henry VIII by Jessica Carey-Bunning
Cover of The Anti-Inflammation 30 Day Reset by Sophie Richards
Pic showing cover of David Bowie's The Man who Sold the World, featured in an exhibition in London
Graphic showing three new books being published in 2026. Is This Mutton shares more.
Graphic showing highlights of 2025 for London blogger Is This Mutton
Cyclamen outside North Chingford library, planted by volunteers
Books blogger Is This Mutton presents reviews for December
Cover of A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
Woman over 60 in head to toe purple
Graphic on psychological thriller Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke reviewed by Is This Mutton
Graphic with pics illustrating a blog post on November by London blogger isthismutton.com
Cover of Four Widowers and a Funeral by David Fletcher
New sign in Chingford, London borough of Waltham Forest
Graphic showing the three 5 star rated books in Is This Mutton's November round-up
Woman over 60 in 3 different gamine outfits
Graphic showing the books reviewed by Is This Mutton in October
Cover of The Approval of Sheep by Karen Storey
The cover of Rainforest by Michelle Paver
The Shadow of the Northern Lights, crime thriller by Satu Ramo
View of Derwentwater in the Lake District, September
Longhorn cattle grazing in Epping Forest
Cover of Booker Prize short listed novel Flesh by David Szalay
Graphic showing the books reviewed in September 2025 by Is This Mutton
Shani Wallis as Nancy in the 1968 film Oliver!
Cover of non fiction book Strange Ways to Die in the Tudor Ages
Longhorn cattle grazing in Epping Forest
60+ woman with copy of Joyspan book by Dr Kerry Burnight
Swans and cygnets at Connaught Water, EppingForest
Cover of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Graphic showing 5 avenues of pleasure denied now to over 50s blogger Is This Mutton
Cover of The School of Night by Norwegian writer Latl Ove Knausgaard
Is This Mutton blogger Gail Hanlon, 64, is turned into a Renaissance styled artwork at the Idler Festival in London
Cover of I Shop, Therefore I Am by Mary Portas
Cover of Strange Ways to Die in the Tudor Ages
Graphic in bright colours advertising a new post about skincare on Isthismutton.com, the sassy blog for women over 50.
Cover of Son of My Father, a 1972 hit for UK band Chicory Tip
Cover of Are You Awake? by Sarah Crossan
Cover of thriller The Cut by Richard Armitage, published in August.