Inspiring Older Readers
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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
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Rereading Philip Roth’s Zuckerman books posted on 16 Jun 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn continues his assessment of some of Philip Roth's legacy. Here he explores the three volumes of the Zuckerman trilogy
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Competition rages in sleepy Budbrooke: The notorious picture book quiz posted on 15 Jun 2018
This is the third time that I have been asked to do a session about children’s books for The Entrust Care Partnership
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Giovanni’s Room posted on 15 Jun 2018
In 1948, an angry James Baldwin decided to leave America and headed for the city of disillusioned fellow ex-patriot writers and would-be writers, Paris.
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An Interview With Lavie Tidhar posted on 13 Jun 2018
An Interview With Lavie Tidhar
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Lucien Pissarro in England: The Eragny Press 1895 – 1914 posted on 12 Jun 2018
Lucien was the rather troublesome eldest son of the great Impressionist, Camille Pissarro.
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The Story of the Eye posted on 11 Jun 2018
What is the boundary line between art, philosophy and pornography?
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Rereading Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint posted on 10 Jun 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn pays tribute to Philip Roth by rereading his most (in)famous novel