Inspiring Older Readers
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Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew posted on 18 Oct 2015
This is not an easy read but it is a powerful one. A mix of ethnographic study and gut-wrenching memoir,
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The Prison Book Club posted on 18 Oct 2015
Walmsley is a Canadian journalist who spent some time living in London and, during her stay, found herself the victim...
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The Blue Guitar posted on 16 Oct 2015
I always find that reading a book whose main characters are almost all hateful a slightly alienating experience...
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Kellow Books, Chipping Norton posted on 15 Oct 2015
Not having a shop front must limit the amount of casual footfall this interesting little shop gets.
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Oxfam Books, Chipping Norton posted on 15 Oct 2015
Oxfam Bookshops tend to be a pretty uniform experience. There is a corporate image that seems to dominate the character ....
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Rossiter Books : Ross-on-Wye posted on 13 Oct 2015
Rossiter Books based in Ross-On-Wye (I understand there is another branch in Monmouth that I haven't been able to get to yet)
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Cheltenham Literary Festival : Where were the black faces? posted on 12 Oct 2015
I have just spent two weekends attending a number of events at the Cheltenham Literature Festival...
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Sentenced to Life posted on 07 Oct 2015
I’ve always struggled with Clive James. To be honest I always found myself irritated by his bluff smugness...
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam posted on 06 Oct 2015
There are literally hundreds of editions of The Rubaiyat but this one, published by Siegle, Hill & Co is my favourite.
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What does war do to photographers? posted on 05 Oct 2015
What does war do to photographers? At this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival I had the great good fortune to spend some time listening to Don McCullin