Inspiring Older Readers
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Dispatches posted on 14 Aug 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' - a classic of war reportage.
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The Black Cloud posted on 11 Aug 2016
Just imagine that it's a cold, wet Sunday afternoon in January and all you want is something on television to settle down and watch.
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Love Letters On Blue Paper posted on 09 Aug 2016
The great Arnold Wesker died in April of this year and future readers will almost certainly get to know his work as a dramatist
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The Muse posted on 08 Aug 2016
I was really looking forward to this second novel by Jessie Burton as I had enjoyed The Miniaturist very much...
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Dirt Road posted on 04 Aug 2016
For someone who has won the Booker Prize – and a host of other literary prizes – Kelman doesn’t seem to have the sort of public profile....
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Regarding the Pain of Others posted on 02 Aug 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads Susan Sontag's essay in which she revisits the art of photography.
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With Chatwin posted on 31 Jul 2016
I always think I should like biographies more than I do.
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Bonjour Tristesse posted on 29 Jul 2016
Bonjour Tristesse - which translates as 'Hello Sadness' - is one of those books that has sat unread in my book collection for forty years.
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The Train In The Night posted on 28 Jul 2016
What must it be like to suddenly go completely deaf in one ear?
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Sons and Lovers posted on 24 Jul 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn, never a great Lawrence fan, takes another look at one of his classic novels.