Inspiring Older Readers
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Coming Up For Air posted on 01 Jul 2018
Fat, forty and with a new set of false teeth, George Bowling is, in my estimation, one of George Orwell’s finest fictional creations
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New Albion posted on 30 Jun 2018
For those of us raised on the easy accessibility of film, television, radio and, now, the internet and social media I think it’s hard ...
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A global history of Narcotics 1500 – 2000 posted on 27 Jun 2018
It’s funny how the stars seem to line up. I’m half way through Richard Davenport-Hines’ magnificent and provocative, The Pursuit of Oblivion, when ...
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Over precious about precious books? posted on 27 Jun 2018
I always feel cross when I see some of the damage inflicted on library books....
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The Rime of The Ancient Mariner posted on 25 Jun 2018
There are times when you pick up an illustrated book and you instantly know when it was first published.
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Joining the literary dots posted on 24 Jun 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn finds himself taking an unexpected literary journey when one book just leads to another...
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A Room With A View posted on 22 Jun 2018
I have to say at the outset that E.M.Forster’s 'A Room With A View' is not the kind of novel I’d normally be revisiting.
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Betrayed Spring posted on 20 Jun 2018
I must admit that, before reading this novel, I had a somewhat romantic view of England in the years after WW2
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The enduring appeal of Edward Thomas’s Adlestrop posted on 17 Jun 2018
Not so long ago I was paying a visit to the excellent independent bookshop, Jaffé and Neale in Chipping Norton
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Rereading Philip Roth’s Zuckerman books posted on 16 Jun 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn continues his assessment of some of Philip Roth's legacy. Here he explores the three volumes of the Zuckerman trilogy