Inspiring Older Readers
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My Other Life posted on 07 May 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Paul Theroux's fictional alternative memoir of a life he might have lived.
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1971- Never A Dull Moment: Rock’s Golden Year posted on 05 May 2020
The device of writers focussing on a specific year and micro-analysing them from a specific perspective - cultural, political, sporting...
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Maigret in Society posted on 03 May 2020
Sometimes it is very pleasant to escape to a book set in calmer times than we are living through at the moment ....
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The Franchise Affair posted on 30 Apr 2020
Published in 1949, this amiable mystery novel by Josephine Tey (pen name of Elizabeth Mackintosh) has slowly accumulated a considerable fan club ..
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Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design posted on 27 Apr 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds Theo Inglis' feast of Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design an irresistible treat.
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Cataloguing My Books posted on 25 Apr 2020
It’s now a month into the extreme social distancing of the Coronavirus lockdown and I have to admit my patience is getting a bit frayed..
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The Witches of Eastwick posted on 22 Apr 2020
If you’ve watched the hugely enjoyable piece of nonsense movie-making that also goes by the name of The Witches of Eastwick...
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Trafficking in Old Books posted on 19 Apr 2020
To be honest, unless you’re like me and find the whole notion of books, second hand bookshops and second hand book sellers a source of endless fascination
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The Outward Urge posted on 17 Apr 2020
This is a pretty odd mish-mash of a book. I’m generally a fan of Wyndham even though his work feels irredeemably dated.
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The Overcoat posted on 15 Apr 2020
I might be wrong about this but I have the impression that the production of rather beautiful, individual editions of classic short stories ...