Inspiring Older Readers
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Why had I never heard of Francisco Amighetti? posted on 15 May 2016
I would consider that I have a more than average interest in all kinds of art – especially mid-twentieth century painting
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Spring Cleaning posted on 15 May 2016
Back in February the 'Clear Out Your Bookcase' campaign caught my eye but I was so deep in Winter gloom that I didn't really take too much notice
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man posted on 12 May 2016
A guest review from Alun Severn in which he reassesses Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - and finds he has some issues with it.
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Draycott Books, Chipping Camden posted on 09 May 2016
Draycott Books really feels like the archetypal traditional second-hand bookshop.
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The Dumas Club posted on 08 May 2016
I wonder how many people who are familiar with the Johnny Depp / Roman Polanski movie collaboration called The Ninth Gate...
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A Festival of Books, Chipping Camden posted on 08 May 2016
A Festival of Books is a specialist independent children's bookshop tucked away in the chocolate-box-pretty town of Chipping Camden
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Stuart: A life backwards posted on 04 May 2016
I first read Stuart : A Life Backwards in 2005 when it was first published and it has stuck with me ever since.
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The Red Hourglass posted on 04 May 2016
A guest review from Alun Severn that takes a look at a book that redefines the phrase 'red in tooth and claw'
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Werner Bischof posted on 01 May 2016
I feel slightly shamefaced in admitting that I knew hardly anything about Werner Bischof before I picked up this Thames and Hudson collection
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Love Lies Bleeding posted on 01 May 2016
When I first encountered the novels of Edmund Crispin I just couldn't get enough of them.