Inspiring Older Readers
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India posted on 25 Nov 2018
I find myself quite conflicted when it comes to the photographs of Cecil Beaton.
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A Bend in the River posted on 22 Nov 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn puts aside V.S. Naipaul's later, rather tarnished reputation and finds that this 1979 novel is something to be admired.
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The Levant Trilogy posted on 19 Nov 2018
Olivia Manning (1908 – 1980) was always a writer that suffered from an pretty acute inferiority complex.
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Poem in October posted on 18 Nov 2018
I still receive the alumnus magazine from Bangor University – somehow they’ve always managed to track me down
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Where Shall We Run To?: A memoir posted on 16 Nov 2018
Alan Garner’s memoir of his childhood before secondary school is a remarkable piece of writing.
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The Polysyllabic Spree posted on 15 Nov 2018
Ever since the publication in 1996 of Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby has been a reliable fixture on the literary scene.
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Classic Covers: Denis Piper’s artwork for George Orwell’s novels posted on 14 Nov 2018
At the end of the 1950s and into the early 1960s, Secker and Warburg printed a new edition of George Orwell’s novels...
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Zorba the Greek posted on 12 Nov 2018
I really didn’t know what to expect when I finally got around to picking this book up – it’s been on my shelves for such a long time ...
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Married Lies posted on 11 Nov 2018
Chris Collett has successfully reworked and polished all eight books in the wonderful Detective Tom Mariner series set in Birmingham
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The Dark Philosophers posted on 07 Nov 2018
I have to admit that I’d never heard of Gwyn Thomas (1913 – 1981) until I came across this book...