Inspiring Older Readers
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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery posted on 19 May 2024
I guess we’re all reluctant to give up on our favourite literary characters.
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Keeping On Keeping On: Revisiting Alan Bennett’s diaries and memoirs on his 90th birthday posted on 15 May 2024
Guest writer, Alun Severn pays tribute to Alan Bennett and considers the diaries that make him a modern-day Pepys.
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Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture posted on 12 May 2024
Like many people who went through the British education system, I was never given any systematic or useful introduction ...
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Everyday Jazz Lives: Encounters with the Birmingham Scene posted on 08 May 2024
There is something magnetic about the relationship between jazz, jazz musicians and photography.
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Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural posted on 05 May 2024
The reputation of Algernon Blackwood (1869 – 1951) rests on his collections of supernatural or modestly spooky short stories
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The Peregrine posted on 01 May 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads J.A. Baker's enigmatic classic which is now championed by a new generation of naturalists and environmentalists.
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Leave it to Psmith posted on 28 Apr 2024
The creation of Rupert Psmith is often hailed as the first fully-formed embodiment of the true spirit of the mature Wodehouseian character ...
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The Long Goodbye posted on 24 Apr 2024
Published in 1953, The Long Goodbye comes along as the sixth novel featuring the hard-boiled private dick with a heart, Philip Marlowe
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The Bind posted on 21 Apr 2024
In my experience graphic novels tend to divide opinion.
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Living posted on 17 Apr 2024
I’m fascinated by the way in which some authors become famous and feted while others, just as skilful and just as compelling,...