Inspiring Older Readers
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Tobermory posted on 21 Sep 2017
This is the shortest of short stories but one that never fails to give me pleasure.
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The Day of the Locust posted on 20 Sep 2017
History has plenty to tell us about the kind of society we have today and Nathanael West’s icy little satire of Hollywood America...
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New Boy posted on 17 Sep 2017
I have always thought that Othello is a pretty unpleasant play about possessiveness and jealousy...
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A Fire on the Moon posted on 16 Sep 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds that 'a Fire on the Moon is an unforgettable experience'
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Black Swine In The Sewers of Hampstead posted on 14 Sep 2017
Thomas Boyle (not to be confused with the more high profile T.C. Boyle) is an American crime novelist......
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An Interview With Metaphrog aka Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers posted on 13 Sep 2017
An Interview With Metaphrog aka Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers
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A Jackie Morris masterclass at the Blue Ginger Gallery, near Malvern posted on 13 Sep 2017
I am a big fan of any book written or illustrated by Jackie Morris ...
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A new edition of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood posted on 13 Sep 2017
I have written before about the fact that I think that the publishing industry has responded to the digital threat by really substantially upping its game.
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Dotter of her Father’s Eyes posted on 10 Sep 2017
I’m not, by temperament, a reader of graphic novels ...
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The Van posted on 10 Sep 2017
Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy is a rumbustious celebration of working class life in North Dublin at the end of the 1980s ...