Inspiring Older Readers
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Anna of the Five Towns posted on 02 May 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Arnold Bennett's novel and detects the influence of European realism in his depictions of the Potteries
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The Original Bambi: The story of a Life in the Forest posted on 28 Apr 2022
I would imagine that most people believe that Walt Disney’s tear-jerker, Bambi is a creation of the film company when it was released in 1942
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Kepler posted on 25 Apr 2022
Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630) was one of the key thinkers of the 17th century Scientific Revolution and a man with a truly awesome range of interests
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The Doctor Stories posted on 20 Apr 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads The Doctor Stories by Richard Selzer and finds the medical stories a compelling read for those with a strong stomach
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The Snapper posted on 18 Apr 2022
I seem to be reading and reviewing Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in reverse order.
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The Midnight Library posted on 13 Apr 2022
Guest reviewer, Worcester artist Judy Foulsham reads a novel that asks how things might have turned out if you'd made different choices in life
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories posted on 06 Apr 2022
Luis Sepulveda’s life story (1949 – 2020) is the kind that makes you feel completely inadequate and humble.
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The Buddha of Suburbia posted on 03 Apr 2022
The Buddha of Suburbia was Hanif Kureishi’s 1990 debut novel and won him the Whitbread Award for that year.
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Detective Stories from the Strand Magazine posted on 23 Mar 2022
The name of The Strand Magazine is destined to be forever associated with bringing us the character who is perhaps the most famous ever detective
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In A German Pension posted on 20 Mar 2022
New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), is frequently cited as one of the twentieth century’s great short story writers.