Inspiring Older Readers
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Ritual posted on 11 Mar 2021
It’s interesting just how often cult movies and cult novels are symbiotically linked together.
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Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker and Apprentice to a Butcher in Tuscany posted on 04 Mar 2021
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Bill Buford's mix of food culture and Gonzo restaurateurs and finds the whole confection good - in parts.
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A Modest Proposal posted on 01 Mar 2021
For the vast majority of my working life I have been involved in projects that have been all about challenging poverty
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1956: The world in revolt posted on 25 Feb 2021
When I was at school in the Fifties and Sixties history seemed to me to be a procession of ‘significant’ dates.
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The Long Way Back posted on 22 Feb 2021
In October of last year I wrote a slightly snivelling article about just how impossible it has been to find a copy of Margot Bennett’s The Long Way Back.
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The Contenders posted on 18 Feb 2021
When I reviewed John Wain’s first novel, Hurry On Down, I commented on the evaporation of the author’s literary profile.
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Rereading Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories posted on 16 Feb 2021
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads a selection of short stories by F. Scottt Fitzgerald and finds the 'best of his work can be so heartbreakingly beautiful'
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A Dream of Heroes posted on 12 Feb 2021
Casares is a giant of Argentinian literature but probably comparatively little known by general readers in the UK
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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future posted on 09 Feb 2021
Guest reviewer, Simran Basi reads Mary Robinson's 'Climate Justice' and finds a book that "will open your eyes..."
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The Postman Always Rings Twice posted on 08 Feb 2021
Published in 1934 when Cain was already 40, The Postman Always Rings Twice was the first of what would be a run of novels – including Mildred Pierce