Inspiring Older Readers
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Rereading The Ballroom of Romance & Other Stories posted on 30 Mar 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn takes another look at the work of short story master, William Trevor and discovers 'there are sufficient for a lifetime’s reading
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The Pilgrim’s Progress posted on 27 Mar 2022
"The Pilgrim’s Progress: from this world to that which is to come delivered under the similitude of a dream" by John Bunyan has never been out-of-print
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Detective Stories from the Strand Magazine posted on 23 Mar 2022
The name of The Strand Magazine is destined to be forever associated with bringing us the character who is perhaps the most famous ever detective
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In A German Pension posted on 20 Mar 2022
New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), is frequently cited as one of the twentieth century’s great short story writers.
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Matters of Life & Death and Other Stories posted on 16 Mar 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads short stories from Bernard MacLaverty and finds economy, wonderful control, peerless prose and acute observation
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Mudie’s Circulating Library & the Victorian Novel posted on 13 Mar 2022
In recent years we have become accustomed to some unwelcome discussions about the funding and future of our public libraries.
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Call For The Dead posted on 09 Mar 2022
Call For The Dead (aka The Deadly Affair) was John Le Carré’s first novel, published in 1961, and the one which introduces us to his greatest creation
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Don’t Look Now & Other Stories posted on 06 Mar 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads some of Daphne Du Maurier's longer short stories and finds he's previously under-estimated her talents.
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Saltley, Birmingham 1978 & WELD Carnival Handsworth 1979 posted on 02 Mar 2022
In January of this year I was delighted to get the chance to review a new photozine from the Birmingham-based photographer and designer, Brian Homer.
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Denis ‘Pip’ Piper : further reflections posted on 27 Feb 2022
When I first became aware of the book jacket illustration work of artist, Denis Piper (1928 – 1987) I was impressed.....