Inspiring Older Readers
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Mrs Woolf & the Servants posted on 27 Mar 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn pulls back the curtain on the lives of 'downstairs' staff of a famous writer.
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Reading Room Only : memoir of a radical bibliophile posted on 24 Mar 2020
Political activists are popularly supposed to be wild-eyed visionaries or ranting dogmatists ...
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Everything That Rises Must Converge posted on 21 Mar 2020
I’m not a huge fan of short stories but when I read one that captures my imagination I think it’s a glorious form of writing.
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The Republic of Whores posted on 16 Mar 2020
Take a pinch of Catch-22, add a sprinkling of M*A*S*H and lace with a liberal dose of The Good Soldier Svejk ....
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A Long Petal of the Sea posted on 10 Mar 2020
The multi-award winning author is described on the book jacket as ‘a novelist, feminist and philanthropist’ ...
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Authorised Murder posted on 07 Mar 2020
I would imagine that most people associate Isaac Asimov with writing either science fact or science fiction...
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A High Wind In Jamaica posted on 02 Mar 2020
This is a book I’ve been aware of for what seems like the whole of my reading life but it’s constantly crept under my radar
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Quartet in Autumn posted on 28 Feb 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds an unexpected 'seam of treasure' waiting for him in Barbara Pym's understated lower-middle class world
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Memoirs of a Book Snake posted on 25 Feb 2020
In the world of second hand, collectable and rare books, the figure of the book scout has an almost legendary place in its mythology
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Rereading Brideshead Revisited posted on 19 Feb 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn returns to the book he thinks of as Evelyn Waugh's greatest triumph, 'Brideshead Revisited'