Inspiring Older Readers
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Rural Hours posted on 24 Aug 2025
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads 'Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann'.
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The Scarlet Boy posted on 19 Aug 2025
I first discovered Calder-Marshall’s work when I read his extraordinary book, The Fair to Middling
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No Longer Human posted on 14 Aug 2025
First published in 1948, you will probably see a number of reviews that refer to Dazai’s novel as a classic of Japanese 20th century literature
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Paradise Lost: A Biography posted on 10 Aug 2025
Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Baylor University in the USA has written a relaxed and engaging introduction
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The Unknown Unknown posted on 05 Aug 2025
I can’t quite remember when I first noticed that bookshops had started to position small, essay-length paperbacks ....
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The Spire posted on 31 Jul 2025
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads William Golding's 'The Spire' which he finds densely written, rich in metaphor, folklore and theology.
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Libraries of the Mind posted on 27 Jul 2025
I’ve been reading and collecting books for more years than I find comfortable to contemplate
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Rereading First Love, Last Rites posted on 22 Jul 2025
Guest writer, Alun Severn takes us back to Ian McEwan's first ever collection of short stories
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The Tiger in the Smoke posted on 17 Jul 2025
British novelists must have cursed their luck when the Government passed the 1956 Clean Air Act
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The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White posted on 08 Jul 2025
Guest writer, Alun Severn pays tribute to the work of Edmund White, who died in June of this year.