Inspiring Older Readers
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The Madman’s Library posted on 12 Jan 2021
Brooke-Hitching is a rare book collector and the son of an antiquarian book dealer but he also writes for the television programme, QI ....
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Inferno by Dante, illustrated by William Blake posted on 03 Jan 2021
I was intrigued the other day to see that the Sky Arts television channel was running a programme entitled ‘Dante’s Creation of Hell’.
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Bookshop Tours of Britain posted on 22 Dec 2020
My personal fantasy is to organise a tour of the USA, hopping from bookshop to bookshop...
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Bibliomania posted on 10 Jul 2020
At the end of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th, a strange malady seemed to grip some intellectuals...
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A Room Full of Toys posted on 31 May 2020
I think if I tried to compile a league table of the downright weirdest books I own......
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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design posted on 27 Apr 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds Theo Inglis' feast of Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design an irresistible treat.
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The Overcoat posted on 15 Apr 2020
I might be wrong about this but I have the impression that the production of rather beautiful, individual editions of classic short stories ...
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Looking at The Non-Conformists posted on 13 Mar 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a collection of photographs by Martin and Susie Parr that 'is elegantly produced and designed and flawlessly printed'.
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Shakespeare and Company: A history of the rag & bone shop of the heart posted on 17 Feb 2020
There are very few bookshops that become famous in their own right for being legendary institutions...
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Grieder meets the Maharajah posted on 14 Jan 2020
We found this 1969 publication in a charity shop and we took it away partly because of the striking illustrations ...