Inspiring Older Readers
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A Month in Siena posted on 12 Aug 2024
It’s become something of a cliché to claim that some of the biggest cities in the world are best understood as ‘states of mind’
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The Old Wives’ Tale posted on 07 Aug 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett and finds his commitment to this 'major reading project' ultimately rewarding
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The Camberwell Beauty posted on 05 Aug 2024
When I first started regularly visiting second-hand bookshops, I would regularly see books by Pritchett on the shelves
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Stevenson Under The Palm Trees posted on 30 Jul 2024
This extended short story / novella takes creative liberties with the real story of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Inspector Imanishi Investigates posted on 29 Jul 2024
Seichō Matsumoto (1909 – 1992) is generally seen as the writer who popularised the detective fiction form in Japan..
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Clete posted on 24 Jul 2024
I strongly support those who claim that the 87 year-old James Lee Burke has earned the right to be considered one of America’s greats
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House of the Sleeping Beauties posted on 21 Jul 2024
Kawabata is, I think, something of an acquired taste. He was Japan’s first ever winner of a Nobel Prize winner...
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A Dry White Season posted on 17 Jul 2024
André Brink (1935-2015), a South African novelist who wrote in Afrikaans as well as English...
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Leon Battista Alberti: Writer and Humanist posted on 15 Jul 2024
My guess is that if you’ve ever heard of Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472) it will be because of two things
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address posted on 10 Jul 2024
It somehow feels entirely appropriate, in this year when the USA stands on the edge of what might be its most significant Presidential election..