Inspiring Older Readers
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Caverns of the Night : coal mines in art, literature and film posted on 02 Jul 2016
I have recently been doing some research into the ways in which predominantly middle-class artists have tended to eroticise working class occupations.
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Butcher's Crossing posted on 29 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes a look at John Williams' sometimes brutal novel of the West and finds echoes of Joseph Conrad.
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The Child That Books Built posted on 29 Jun 2016
Spufford sub-titles his book ‘A memoir of childhood and reading’
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The Book Collector posted on 27 Jun 2016
Alice Thompson has developed a reputation for producing unusual and challenging narratives
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Claudine's House posted on 25 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes a look at a writer at the peak of her powers.
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The Plague (Le Peste) posted on 24 Jun 2016
When the rats start to leave the cellars and sewers and drop dead, the population of Oran in Algeria is puzzled but not unduly upset
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The Hare With Amber Eyes posted on 20 Jun 2016
Alun Severn has been rereading Edmund de Waal’s remarkable book, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold posted on 18 Jun 2016
I remember quite clearly the first time I read this book when I was at university in Bangor, North Wales
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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 ..