Inspiring Older Readers
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An Interview With Mywanwy Fox posted on 25 Apr 2017
An Interview With Myfanwy Fox
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Books Afloat, Weymouth, Dorset posted on 25 Apr 2017
Although it’s only a literal stone’s throw from the railway station, because it’s not located in the town centre it would be quite easy to miss the shop
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The Dancer and the Drum posted on 25 Apr 2017
The first thing to say is that this is a book that is a lovely thing to read because it is printed on a sumptuous creamy paper...
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House of the Rising Sun posted on 23 Apr 2017
Elsewhere on this site I have written about my love of James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux sequence of novels ...
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Dockers: The ’95 To ’98 Liverpool Lockout posted on 22 Apr 2017
In September 1995 Liverpool dockers working for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) refused to cross an official picket line
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A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival posted on 21 Apr 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, finds the story of the brave women of the French Resistance both heart-rending and rewarding
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Thin Air posted on 17 Apr 2017
What’s the best way to spend a rather cold, dismal Easter day when the shops are closed and there’s no real incentive to set foot out of doors
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That George Orwell Look posted on 12 Apr 2017
When it came to his private life Eric Blair liked to keep himself to himself.
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In Place of Fear posted on 12 Apr 2017
In general terms, it has not been my experience that political tracts travel well down through time.
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Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2017 posted on 11 Apr 2017
Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2017