Inspiring Older Readers
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Another view on Albert Camus’ The Plague posted on 19 Sep 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn brings out some important additional ways of reading Camus' masterpiece.
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Night Boat To Tangier posted on 16 Sep 2019
The setting for Kevin Barry’s extraordinary new novel – tough, lyrical, referential and intense – is the Spanish ferry port of Algeciras...
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Black & White: A portrait of Aubrey Beardsley posted on 13 Sep 2019
I last read this rather beautifully produced little essay back when I was just 19 ...
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For Dad : An Alzheimer's Acrostic posted on 10 Sep 2019
For Dad : An Alzheimer's Acrostic
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Treasure Island posted on 08 Sep 2019
One of the things I most admire about Folio Society books is that they take illustration seriously.
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Growing Up In A House Without Books posted on 07 Sep 2019
A summary of research published by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2010 ...
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The Labyrinth of the Spirits posted on 06 Sep 2019
This 800+ page novel concludes the quartet of linked sequence that are grouped together under the collective title, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible posted on 03 Sep 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, with the help of Peter Pomerantsev, pulls back the curtain on the bizarre power-games taking place in Putin's Russia
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Best Black Magic Stories posted on 01 Sep 2019
Sometimes you’re drawn to a delicious looking bauble or plaything and you must have it ...
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Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland posted on 01 Sep 2019
Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland