Inspiring Older Readers
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The Thirties: An intimate history posted on 24 Mar 2024
I have to admit that reading Juliet Gardiner’s The Thirties: An intimate history was something of a long-running project.
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A Pound Of Paper posted on 20 Mar 2024
Back in 2016 I wrote a review of this book which is reproduced below.
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Other People’s Worlds posted on 17 Mar 2024
William Trevor is a cunning old fox of a writer.
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Revisiting Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee posted on 10 Mar 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn discovers the darker edge of Laurie Lee's much treasured memoir, Cider With Rosie.
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A Dangerous Game posted on 05 Mar 2024
A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Dürrenmatt is one of those authors who I’ve been aware of since my university days but who I have never read
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Once Upon a Tome posted on 03 Mar 2024
OK. I acknowledge here and now that this is all my own fault. I seem to be in the grip of a sort of bibliophilic self-harm syndrome.
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Little Steel posted on 27 Feb 2024
Despite being a Pulitzer Prize winner I suspect that very few people now read much written by Upton Sinclair beyond his most famous novels
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Station Eleven posted on 26 Feb 2024
Growing up in the second half of the 20th century in a pretty safe and secure, rich Western European environment made me way too indifferent ...
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Mr Pye posted on 21 Feb 2024
I’m not at all sure why but over time I’ve found myself drawn to quirky, off-centre novels from the early to mid-20th century...
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George Orwell: Fugitive from the Camp of Victory posted on 18 Feb 2024
Few people knew George Orwell better than Richard Rees.