Inspiring Older Readers
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Auto Da Fé posted on 02 Sep 2018
Elias Canetti belonged to that ever dwindling band of twentieth century writers and thinkers who might be called European public intellectuals.
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Just Kids posted on 29 Aug 2018
I first heard Patti Smith’s music in 1976 when her first single, a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Hey Joe, was released.
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Returning to Reims posted on 27 Aug 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds Didier Eribon's essentially sociological approach to his memoir gets in the way of the human story
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Cassandra Complex posted on 25 Aug 2018
Jonathan Taylor’s latest book of poetry published by Shoestring Press is described on the back cover as....
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Gig: the life and times of a rock-star fantasist posted on 22 Aug 2018
If you are ever unfortunate enough to have me as a visitor to your house, you’ll find I can’t really sit still ...
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Howards End posted on 19 Aug 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds himself intrigued by "an absorbing time capsule of ideas and attitudes at the beginning of the twentieth century".
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Unclay posted on 19 Aug 2018
Theodore Francis Powys (1875 – 1953) belonged to an eccentric and talented family...
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Flame Into Being: The life and work of D.H. Lawrence posted on 16 Aug 2018
Published in 1985 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of D.H. Lawrence..
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in Just-spring posted on 14 Aug 2018
In 1972 when I rolled-up for Freshers Week at Bangor University we were shuttled into the main hall where various student societies were desperate ...
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Wildlife posted on 12 Aug 2018
I always enjoy reading a novel by Richard Ford with his deliciously slow ticking prose that is almost in real time.