Inspiring Older Readers
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The Day of the Sardine posted on 03 Jun 2016
Sid Chaplin (1916 – 1986) is a real working class son of the North East and was a pioneer of what is sometimes called proletarian literature
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Wonderful Wessex posted on 03 Jun 2016
My parents have lived very near Dorchester for over thirty years and before that we spent many happy family holidays in Dorset.
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Black Book Cafe, Stroud posted on 02 Jun 2016
Situated on the ground floor of a rather lovely art deco building called The Silver Rooms in Nelson Street, Stroud,
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Three Banners of China posted on 31 May 2016
French photographer, Marc Riboud, is approaching 93 years of age and he can look back on a photographic career ...
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Edna O'Brien @ Hay Literary Festival posted on 31 May 2016
30th May 2016 was a lovely hot day and the Letterpress Project was in Hay to see the great Edna O'Brien.
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Play Dead posted on 30 May 2016
A guest post by Newman University student, Aaminah Rauf
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Utz posted on 29 May 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, introduces us to Bruce Chatwin's " tiny, fiercely imagined tragic masterpiece.".
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Stroud Bookshop, Stroud posted on 29 May 2016
Situated on the main High Street in Stroud, this is a small, independent bookshop that uses its limited space very well.
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part Three – Ralph Bates posted on 28 May 2016
Here’s a quiz question for you – name three famous people from Swindon.
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Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet posted on 25 May 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, enjoys a book about the Takacs String Quartet and its interpretation of Beethoven's music