Inspiring Older Readers
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Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship posted on 17 Jul 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn considers the pleasures and pitfalls of literary memoir with a specific focus on Alan Taylor's portrait of Muriel Spark
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Call It Sleep posted on 15 Jul 2019
The history of this book is remarkable in itself: first published in 1934 and despite decent reviews it sold very poorly ...
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Misery posted on 12 Jul 2019
I don’t think anyone picks up a Stephen King novel when they’re looking for a cosy read ....
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Crippled: Austerity and the demonization of disabled people posted on 09 Jul 2019
How refreshing. Frances Ryan pulls no punches and the result is a book that puts to shame the mealy-mouthed popular public and political discourse...
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Promise at Dawn posted on 06 Jul 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Romain Gary's memoir and discovers that behind the writer's public image lies a complex individual
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Faber & Faber: The Untold Story posted on 04 Jul 2019
Books published by Faber & Faber are such an integral part of my reading life and identity that I simply can’t imagine what the world would look like
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The Moving Toyshop posted on 30 Jun 2019
Crispin is the pen name of Bruce Montgomery (1921 - 1978), an Oxford graduate ...
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Wakenhyrst posted on 27 Jun 2019
Boy-o-boy, Michelle Paver knows how to write a decent spooky story.
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Some sort of epic grandeur: Andrew Turnbull’s life of Scott Fitzgerald posted on 23 Jun 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads a biography of an author who briefly shone like a diamond before crashing to a sad end.
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Comrade Heart: A life of Randall Swingler posted on 20 Jun 2019
Anyone who has an interest in radical Left literature will almost certainly know the name and writings of the critic, poet, broadcaster and novelist...