Inspiring Older Readers
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The launch of ‘One Hundred Memories’ at Stafford Library posted on 12 Nov 2019
When the call went out for contributions for what would be a new publication bringing together peoples experiences of Alzheimers Disease, I was eager ...
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Rereading John Hersey’s Hiroshima posted on 21 Oct 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn revisits John Hersey's classic account of the use of the first nuclear weapon in war
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A surfeit of bile posted on 15 Oct 2019
From Ancient Greece to Europe in the mid-Eighteenth Century, medicine and philosophy was dominated by the theory of ‘humours’.
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Why we still love old Penguin books posted on 03 Oct 2019
Guest writer, Alun Severn has been thinking about just how happy Penguin books make him feel.
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Growing Up In A House Without Books posted on 07 Sep 2019
A summary of research published by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2010 ...
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Rereading Gulag literature posted on 26 Aug 2019
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers the literature that documents the era of Stalin's monstrous gulag prison camps
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The Power of Poetry posted on 18 Aug 2019
Guest author, comedy performance poet, author and entertainer, Neal Zetter shares his thoughts on the power of poetry
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Reading Chernobyl posted on 05 Aug 2019
Guest writer, Alun Severn reads two very different accounts of one of the most terrifying events of the late 20th century - the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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Me, My Books and Walter Benjamin posted on 30 Jul 2019
We’ve been living in our current house for over a decade and I can feel that the itch to move on to something new and different is growing stronger...
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Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship posted on 17 Jul 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn considers the pleasures and pitfalls of literary memoir with a specific focus on Alan Taylor's portrait of Muriel Spark