Inspiring Older Readers
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The Other posted on 21 Jul 2016
For many people Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist, poet, photographer and traveller, who died in 2007, was the ultimate foreign correspondent
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Last Exit To Brooklyn posted on 20 Jul 2016
I guess that the old adage, ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity’, could also apply to books that get banned
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Now and Then posted on 19 Jul 2016
Unbelievably, it’s been a little over five years since the untimely death of musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron.
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Imagining Alexandria: Poems in Memory of Constantinos Cavafis posted on 18 Jul 2016
A guest review from the poet Jonathan Taylor. The author has given permission for the publishing of this article that first appeared in Iota Magazine.
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The Little World of Don Camillo posted on 15 Jul 2016
Not too long ago I found myself puzzling over what had made Italians turn to fascism during the years before the outbreak of World War Two.
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American Gods posted on 12 Jul 2016
Published in 2001 and quite early in his novel-writing career, American Gods, remains one of Gaiman’s most ambitious books
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Street-Walker posted on 10 Jul 2016
British social attitudes towards prostitution have had one consistent feature – inconsistency.
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1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow posted on 08 Jul 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reviews a book that helps him understand the historical significance of Napoleon
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Eating People Is Wrong posted on 07 Jul 2016
In the late Fifties and early Sixties a generation of writers including Bradbury, Kingsley Amis and John Wain...
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Refugee Tales posted on 04 Jul 2016
The premise of basing this profound book on the structure of an existing classic is a clever one