Inspiring Older Readers
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The Complete Flea posted on 28 Jan 2018
It seems that we’ve all been wrong about the black rat and its fleas.
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Death of an Ardent Bibliophile posted on 26 Jan 2018
There are times when work gets so demanding that reading in the evening can be tough.
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Being Dead posted on 24 Jan 2018
I’m not exaggerating when I say that this novel is probably the most extraordinary one I’ve read in recent months.
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Homeward Bound (without a book to read) posted on 23 Jan 2018
I usually have something to keep me busy when I am travelling by train but the other day I found myself at a loose end...
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Judd Books : Bloomsbury, London posted on 23 Jan 2018
I don’t get to London too often these days but when I used to visit more often I would always make a point of finding time to get to Judd Books
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The Inheritors posted on 21 Jan 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn continues his reading of William Golding's novels and this time he takes on the author's second effort
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Collected Lyrics 1970 – 2015 posted on 21 Jan 2018
When Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize for literature it kick-started a lively debate about whether song lyrics could really be thought of as poetry
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Sandino In The Streets posted on 19 Jan 2018
Back in the highly politicised atmosphere of the early 1980s a badge I picked up on one of the innumerable marches I went on ....
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The Cement Garden posted on 18 Jan 2018
Back in 1978 the young Ian McEwan had a couple of slim volumes of short stories to his name and a growing reputation ...
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Oryx and Crake posted on 11 Jan 2018
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, The Snowman, possibly the last human left alive, sleeps in a tree to avoid the attentions....