Inspiring Older Readers
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Comrade Heart: A life of Randall Swingler posted on 20 Jun 2019
Anyone who has an interest in radical Left literature will almost certainly know the name and writings of the critic, poet, broadcaster and novelist...
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The Bookman’s Promise posted on 16 Jun 2019
Published in 2004, this is the third instalment in the Cliff Janeway series of novels...
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Just too many books? posted on 16 Jun 2019
This year's Hay book festival has come to an end and, for the first time in two or three years I didn't go to see anyone ....
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What Reading Means To Me posted on 13 Jun 2019
In a guest contribution, author, Kevin Cowdall writes about the endless possibilities a reading life provides...
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No Pasaran! They Shall Not Pass: A Story of the Battle of Madrid posted on 12 Jun 2019
Probably now best known for The Jungle, his exposé of the dreadful working conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses, Upton was an unapologetic Socialist
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Country Girl posted on 02 Jun 2019
O’Brien had resolved never to write an autobiography but at the age of 78 she relented ...
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War Doctor posted on 31 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, adds 'War Doctor' by David Nott to his now impressive list of reviews featuring 'the new school of surgeon-writers'.
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The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World posted on 29 May 2019
William Egginton sets out his stall in the very first sentences of his introduction...
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Blindness posted on 26 May 2019
I like what Sebastian Faulks wrote about Henry Green in 2005 ...
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Machines Like Me posted on 22 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn struggles to develop an emotional engagement with Ian McEwan's latest novel exploring the advent of Artificial Intelligence