Inspiring Older Readers
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The Dark Philosophers posted on 07 Nov 2018
I have to admit that I’d never heard of Gwyn Thomas (1913 – 1981) until I came across this book...
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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time posted on 04 Nov 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads the biography of Powell and concludes that his was the 'greatest English novel sequence that has ever been written.'
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British Communism & The Politics of Literature 1928 – 1939 posted on 01 Nov 2018
First published in 2012, British Communism & The Politics of Literature is a scholarly attempt to reassess the contribution to literary criticism.....
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An Artist of the Floating World posted on 30 Oct 2018
An 'Artist of the Floating World' could well be the best book I’ve read this year....
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The Bloody Chamber posted on 27 Oct 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Angela Carter's idiosyncratic reworkings of classic fairy stories
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Ramparts of Resistance posted on 24 Oct 2018
One of the outstanding features of politics in the UK during the last decade has been the near disappearance of trade unionism as a presence...
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The Vampire: A New history posted on 22 Oct 2018
This new, meticulously researched investigation into the nature of the Vampire in myth, literature and politics has been published...
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Sum Total posted on 18 Oct 2018
I wonder who remembers Ray Gosling now? I suspect you have to be my sort of vintage – over 60 – or working in the media industry to recall...
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Patient X posted on 16 Oct 2018
Patient X by David Peace You can never go to a David Peace book expecting a straight-forward, linear narrative and you can pretty much guarantee that the l
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The Library of Shadows posted on 14 Oct 2018
There are times when my internal reader just wants to put on his metaphorical cardigan and slippers....