Inspiring Older Readers
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How Change Happens posted on 06 Nov 2016
A review by guest author, Kieran Breen
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank posted on 05 Nov 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads a charming memoir of an American in Paris
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The Pope's Bookbinder posted on 30 Oct 2016
Don’t be fooled by the title – this book has really got very little to do with providing the head of the Catholic Church with customised bindings
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Bookshops posted on 25 Oct 2016
I tend to read most books about books – it’s become something of a habit – but probably my favourite in the whole genre are books about bookshops.
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My Name Is Leon posted on 22 Oct 2016
This is one of those books that is clearly based on real experience because the characters and the circumstances ring true ...
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Considering Ian McEwan’s The Children Act…again posted on 21 Oct 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reads Ian McEwan's 'The Children Act' and finds much to admire.
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The Pigeon Tunnel posted on 19 Oct 2016
I’ve always felt conflicted about John Le Carré as an author – some of his books I really love and some don’t speak
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Red Shelley posted on 11 Oct 2016
Paul Foot died at the comparatively early age of 66 in 2004 ....
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Hitler's Children posted on 07 Oct 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn goes in search of some historical background on terrorism and pulls up a dud.......
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Boy In Darkness posted on 05 Oct 2016
Back in the late Sixties when I was still a teenager, I desperately wanted to be associated with the ideas and lifestyle of the counter-cultural....