Inspiring Older Readers
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But You Did Not Come Back posted on 17 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, examines a short but compelling Holocaust memoir
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Close The Coalhouse Door posted on 11 Jun 2016
Based on the inspirational writings of Sid Chaplin, this play-script by Alan Plater takes a playful but ultimately thoughtful and even rueful look ..
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Manhattan, When I Was Young posted on 10 Jun 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn, reviews the compelling second instalment of Mary Cantwell's memoirs
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Child of God posted on 07 Jun 2016
Who is the greatest living novelist in the US? I realize that's probably a stupid question...
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Against Nature posted on 05 Jun 2016
A guest review by Alun Severn examining the classic of Decadence by J.K. Huysmans
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The Day of the Sardine posted on 03 Jun 2016
Sid Chaplin (1916 – 1986) is a real working class son of the North East and was a pioneer of what is sometimes called proletarian literature
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Play Dead posted on 30 May 2016
A guest post by Newman University student, Aaminah Rauf
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Utz posted on 29 May 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, introduces us to Bruce Chatwin's " tiny, fiercely imagined tragic masterpiece.".
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A Garden Of Sand posted on 26 May 2016
Thompson died young of heart disease in 1978 – he was only 47 years old – just as his reputation as a writer was becoming established.
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Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet posted on 25 May 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, enjoys a book about the Takacs String Quartet and its interpretation of Beethoven's music