Inspiring Older Readers
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Rereading Don DeLillo’s Underworld posted on 15 Apr 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn tackles a contender for the title of 'The Great American Novel'
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Classic Covers: The Wall by John Hersey posted on 12 Apr 2019
I don’t think I’d lose too much money on betting that most readers of this article wont have read John Hersey’s 1950 novel, The Wall.
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Tolkien’s Gown & Other Stories of Great and Rare Books posted on 10 Apr 2019
For book collectors or anyone interested in second hand and antiquarian books, Rick Gekoski probably needs no introduction.
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Bridport Old Books posted on 09 Apr 2019
Bridport Old Books I was delighted to visit this long established second hand and antiquarian bookshop which opens six days of every week.
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High Street posted on 08 Apr 2019
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers the exquisite charm of the pre-chain store High Street as imagined by Richards and Ravilious
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142 Strand posted on 07 Apr 2019
One of my favourite poems of all time is Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach. It’s a deeply moving and elegiac contemplation...
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You keep it posted on 03 Apr 2019
A new short story from Jonathan Taylor
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Vive La Revolution posted on 02 Apr 2019
If you’ve ever tried to read some of the more academic studies of the French Revolution of 1789 you won’t need me to tell you ...
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High Spirits: A Round of Drinking Stories posted on 31 Mar 2019
A collection of modern short stories with the theme of alcohol might not have caught my attention...
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The Pyramid posted on 27 Mar 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads William Golding's social satire of the British class system and finds that the author has 'confounded his critics'.