Inspiring Older Readers
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Wonderful Wessex posted on 03 Jun 2016
My parents have lived very near Dorchester for over thirty years and before that we spent many happy family holidays in Dorset.
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part Three – Ralph Bates posted on 28 May 2016
Here’s a quiz question for you – name three famous people from Swindon.
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Spring Cleaning posted on 15 May 2016
Back in February the 'Clear Out Your Bookcase' campaign caught my eye but I was so deep in Winter gloom that I didn't really take too much notice
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The Ship : the book I couldn't read posted on 26 Apr 2016
In this series of occasional pieces about books that have had an important part in creating my reading identity
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part Two – Harold Heslop posted on 17 Apr 2016
Researching the issue of working class writers in the first half of the twentieth century seems to always lead back to the issue of adult education
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part One - Leslie Halward posted on 13 Apr 2016
The more digging you do to try and uncover the stories of working class writers, the more tasty little titbits you uncover.
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James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux novels posted on 07 Apr 2016
I’m not someone who finds reading sequences or series of books very enticing.
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An Answer For The Waffle Waitress posted on 28 Mar 2016
The peerless American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks used to perform a routine in which he reports an encounter with a waitress
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Living, loving and crying with Jude the Obscure posted on 12 Mar 2016
This is the second instalment of a series of pieces reflecting on books that changed my life
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New friendships, frozen playing fields and Under Milk Wood posted on 02 Mar 2016
I was not a sporty boy at school. No, that’s not right – I was not a sport-playing boy at school.