Inspiring Older Readers
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination posted on 02 Jul 2018
It’s almost impossible to imagine how any artist could accept a commission to illustrate the works of Edgar Allen Poe and not be influenced
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Coming Up For Air posted on 01 Jul 2018
Fat, forty and with a new set of false teeth, George Bowling is, in my estimation, one of George Orwell’s finest fictional creations
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New Albion posted on 30 Jun 2018
For those of us raised on the easy accessibility of film, television, radio and, now, the internet and social media I think it’s hard ...
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A global history of Narcotics 1500 – 2000 posted on 27 Jun 2018
It’s funny how the stars seem to line up. I’m half way through Richard Davenport-Hines’ magnificent and provocative, The Pursuit of Oblivion, when ...
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Over precious about precious books? posted on 27 Jun 2018
I always feel cross when I see some of the damage inflicted on library books....
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The Rime of The Ancient Mariner posted on 25 Jun 2018
There are times when you pick up an illustrated book and you instantly know when it was first published.
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Joining the literary dots posted on 24 Jun 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn finds himself taking an unexpected literary journey when one book just leads to another...
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A Room With A View posted on 22 Jun 2018
I have to say at the outset that E.M.Forster’s 'A Room With A View' is not the kind of novel I’d normally be revisiting.
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Betrayed Spring posted on 20 Jun 2018
I must admit that, before reading this novel, I had a somewhat romantic view of England in the years after WW2
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The enduring appeal of Edward Thomas’s Adlestrop posted on 17 Jun 2018
Not so long ago I was paying a visit to the excellent independent bookshop, Jaffé and Neale in Chipping Norton