Inspiring Older Readers
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks posted on 03 Sep 2017
All of us owe an astonishing debt of gratitude to Henrietta Lacks, whether we know it or not ...
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The Adversary posted on 01 Sep 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Emmanuel Carrère's journey into the heart of darkness
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Architecture: A Modern View posted on 30 Aug 2017
Although the quality of our built environment has such a significant impact on our mental and physical health and well-being, it’s astonishing ...
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Long Road From Jarrow posted on 28 Aug 2017
Journalist, author, broadcaster, DJ and cultural commentator, Stuart Maconie is something of a popular polymath.
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The Brightfount Diaries posted on 27 Aug 2017
The recent death of Brian Aldiss triggered an affectionate outpouring of obituaries from other authors keen to nominate him...
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Admissions posted on 24 Aug 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn gets back inside the head of brain-surgeon Henry Marsh as the doctor reflects on life, retirement and death
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Home Fire posted on 22 Aug 2017
Kamila Shamsie is the author of several prizewinning novels, many of which explore aspects of identity, family and the complications of having a dual Briti
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The Feast posted on 21 Aug 2017
I can’t imagine I would ever have stumbled across this book had it not been for a slightly mysterious email ....
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Riceyman Steps posted on 18 Aug 2017
I’ve always thought of Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) as an moderately interesting but essentially second division novelist...
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Writing In An Age of Silence posted on 15 Aug 2017
Like me, you might have thought that US politics had pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel when it elected George W. Bush.