Inspiring Older Readers
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The Last Picture Show posted on 01 Jul 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn comes belatedly to a novel of 'underlying sophistication' that has plenty to say about the human condition.
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Toast: the story of a boy’s hunger posted on 28 Jun 2017
It’s unlikely that you’ll find many references on this website to the literary output of celebrity chefs........
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A Boy At The Hogarth Press posted on 25 Jun 2017
In 1928 public schoolboy, Richard Kennedy left Marlborough school at the age of 16 with no qualifications...
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The Uses of Literacy posted on 20 Jun 2017
A recent article in The New Statesman reminded me that it was time to revisit some of Richard Hoggart’s 1957 classic
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Cotton Comes To Harlem posted on 18 Jun 2017
Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) frequently gets tagged with the label the ‘Black Raymond Chandler’ ...
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Put Out More Flags posted on 16 Jun 2017
Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn offers an alternative take on a book that previously got less than rave reviews on this site.
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Scenes From A Bookshop posted on 15 Jun 2017
The dividing line between fiction and memoir is almost impossible to distinguish in this slim book of stories/reminiscences....
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Love On The Dole posted on 12 Jun 2017
It’s interesting the way in which certain books come to stand as representative of particular points in history or end-up being emblematic ....
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Woodbrook posted on 09 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads the 'extraordinary memoir' of David Thomson, a sensitive and troubled man.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine posted on 07 Jun 2017
In some ways the 2008 crisis of capitalism that came so perilously close to destroying the World financial system seems to be oddly old news these days.