Inspiring Older Readers
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The Fatal Eggs posted on 27 Dec 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Mikhail Bulgakov's remarkable hybrid of political satire and science fiction.
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Love, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales From A Year In Literature posted on 19 Dec 2019
What do the following have in common: the official start of US involvement in Vietnam; the start of the Icelandic cod-war; .....
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Scribbles In The Margins posted on 14 Dec 2019
I think the strapline of this book – ’50 Eternal Delights of Books’ – gives you a pretty good idea that you’re in for a mellow and relaxing read
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World posted on 11 Dec 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads an account of war-time resistance that "you can only read with a sense of astonishment and a feeling of inadequacy".
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The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey posted on 06 Dec 2019
Is there really space for another book about how Orwell wrote his masterpiece, 1984?
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Tastes of Honey posted on 04 Dec 2019
I greatly admire the work of Selina Todd, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University ....
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The Bookwoman’s Last Fling posted on 01 Dec 2019
This is the fifth and what seems likely to be the last in the popular Cliff Janeway biblio-detective, series of novels.
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Rereading Frederick Forsyth’s The Odessa File posted on 29 Nov 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads a novel that virtually invented the modern genre known as the 'documentary thriller'.
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Stories For Little Comrades posted on 26 Nov 2019
At a time when politics in one form or another seems inescapable, the idea that we might at least find some temporary respite...
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The Secret Life of Books posted on 24 Nov 2019
Mole has the enviable title of Professor of English Literature and Book History at Edinburgh University but he has taken on a significantly ...