Inspiring Older Readers
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Stroud Bookshop, Stroud posted on 29 May 2016
Situated on the main High Street in Stroud, this is a small, independent bookshop that uses its limited space very well.
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part Three – Ralph Bates posted on 28 May 2016
Here’s a quiz question for you – name three famous people from Swindon.
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A Garden Of Sand posted on 26 May 2016
Thompson died young of heart disease in 1978 – he was only 47 years old – just as his reputation as a writer was becoming established.
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Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet posted on 25 May 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, enjoys a book about the Takacs String Quartet and its interpretation of Beethoven's music
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Cheltenham Rare Books : Revisited posted on 21 May 2016
We first visited Cheltenham Rare Books back in November 2015 when they were just setting up their business and we promised we would go back
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High Fidelity posted on 21 May 2016
Hornby’s book was first published in 1995 and there were plenty of lazy critics at the time who said its popularity was down to the fact that it...
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Paris Mon Amour posted on 19 May 2016
The romance of Paris rather passed me by on the one occasion I visited it.
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Front Cover : Great Book Jacket and Cover Design posted on 17 May 2016
One of the great, unacknowledged art forms of the 20th century is the book jacket.
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Fabian posted on 16 May 2016
I suspect that Erich Kästner is best known in the UK as the author of the children’s classic Emile and the Detectives
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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