Inspiring Older Readers
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Something Wicked from Japan posted on 02 Jun 2022
This extraordinary book, in both English and Japanese, is a superb introduction to ‘Ghosts, demons & Yokai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces’ as the subtitle
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Birmingham #2 1970s & 80s posted on 05 May 2022
This second instalment of Brian Homer’s Photozine series sees the photographer and designer continue to open his extensive archive of images
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Jane Eyre posted on 10 Apr 2022
In her introduction to this Enitharmon Edition of Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego’s illustrations for Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre....
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The Pilgrim’s Progress posted on 27 Mar 2022
"The Pilgrim’s Progress: from this world to that which is to come delivered under the similitude of a dream" by John Bunyan has never been out-of-print
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Saltley, Birmingham 1978 & WELD Carnival Handsworth 1979 posted on 02 Mar 2022
In January of this year I was delighted to get the chance to review a new photozine from the Birmingham-based photographer and designer, Brian Homer.
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The Faber Gallery posted on 13 Feb 2022
I recently came across a rather distressed copy of a large format (10” x 12”) card-covered introduction to the work of William Blake
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Madman’s Drum: a novel in woodcuts posted on 30 Jan 2022
American artist, Lynd Ward (1905 – 1985) was a master of the woodcut print...
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Birmingham 1970 posted on 19 Jan 2022
When I heard that this first Photozine had become available from designer/photographer, Brian Homer, I was eager to get my hands on a copy
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Stanley Lewis posted on 23 Dec 2021
Discovering artists that you’ve never heard of before is always a treat.
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Joan Hassall: book illustrator posted on 14 Nov 2021
Not so long ago – two or three years maybe – I had the good fortune of coming across the boxed, Folio Society collection of the novels of Jane Austen