Inspiring Older Readers
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Do we underestimate the value of a good adventure yarn? posted on 18 Nov 2019
I have just been reading a 1956 edition of Jules Verne’s 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea' that was published in illustrated form by Heritage Press..
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Rereading JL Carr’s A Month in the Country posted on 15 Nov 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads a former Booker prize nominated novel from a true British eccentric.
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The launch of ‘One Hundred Memories’ at Stafford Library posted on 12 Nov 2019
When the call went out for contributions for what would be a new publication bringing together peoples experiences of Alzheimers Disease, I was eager ...
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The Cockroach posted on 11 Nov 2019
It would be tempting to imagine that Ian McEwan’s latest short story/novella, The Cockroach, is some kind of modern day reworking of Kafka’s classic ...
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Rivethead posted on 08 Nov 2019
I first read this book well over a decade ago – it was first published in the early 1990s – and, in my memory at least, I really liked it.
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Rise Up! The Art of Protest posted on 07 Nov 2019
Jo Rippon has worked in with Amnesty International to develop a book, ostensibly for a teen market, that introduces its readers to the idea of protest.
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Wifredo Lam: The EY Exhibition posted on 05 Nov 2019
Sitting on its own in a box of assorted bric-a-brac outside a local junk shop I stumbled across a near perfect copy of this Tate Gallery publication
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Blindness posted on 02 Nov 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Blindness by José Saramago and finds it may be the key to open up the the author's otherwise daunting canon
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Summoned By Bells posted on 29 Oct 2019
To a lot of people it might seem odd that I feel I’m confessing to something a little bit sinful by saying that I’ve got a soft spot for John Betjeman
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Flowers for Algernon posted on 27 Oct 2019
First published in 1966, Flowers for Algernon in novel form was the result of an adaptation of American author, Daniel Keyes’ successful...