Inspiring Older Readers
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A Capful O' Nails posted on 14 Sep 2024
Lost and forgotten books are frequently lost or forgotten for very good reasons....
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The Old Century & seven more years posted on 09 Sep 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Siegfried Sassoon’s 'most Proustian book', 'The Old Century & seven more years'
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich posted on 04 Sep 2024
Back in the early 1970s, reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was a landmark in my development as a reader
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Prater Violet posted on 02 Sep 2024
Published in 1946, this was Isherwood’s first novel following the more widely known and admired, Goodbye to Berlin.
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Death of an Idealist: In Search of Neil Aggett posted on 26 Aug 2024
In July of this year, I read and reviewed A Dry White Season, Andre Brink’s excoriating condemnation of the way the South African Apartheid state
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Memories of Mervyn Peake posted on 21 Aug 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn considers two memoirs of Mervyn Peake to better understand the extraordinary imagination behind the Gormenghast Trilogy
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James Joyce posted on 19 Aug 2024
The recent death of Irish novelist, Edna O’Brien at the ripe old age of 93 reminded me of her appearance at the Cheltenham
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Around the World in Eighty Days posted on 14 Aug 2024
I’m willing to bet that Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days is one of those classic novels that most people think they know but hardly ever read
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A Month in Siena posted on 12 Aug 2024
It’s become something of a cliché to claim that some of the biggest cities in the world are best understood as ‘states of mind’
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The Old Wives’ Tale posted on 07 Aug 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett and finds his commitment to this 'major reading project' ultimately rewarding