Watership Down
Watership Down Watership Down burst on the world in 1972 . It was like a bomb. Almost no-one knew of Richard Adams and yet [...]
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Here and There – Egypt
Here and There – Egypt For the average young and ethnocentric Englishman, few places sounded more exotic than Egypt. This is the land of [...]
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05, 2023
The Empty Raincoat
The Empty Raincoat The Age of Unreason first appeared in bookshops in 1989. The front cover illustration was of a frog with a placard [...]
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05, 2023
Wild Magic
DD9 – Wild Magic I have never hidden my love of fantasy, especially in novels written for teenagers. The adult ones tend to be [...]
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04, 2023
Here and There – Travelling Alone
Here and There – Travelling Alone For most of the past sixty years, I have lived with a partner. I first married when I [...]
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04, 2023
The Leopard
The Leopard Memorable novels are not just dramas. At one level they tell a story, of course, as they invite you into another world, [...]
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04, 2023
The Mouse and His Child
DD7 – The Mouse and His Child If you were a parent in the 1960s, as I was, books about Frances would almost certainly [...]
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03, 2023
Here and There – With Another
Here and There – With Another At the beginning of 2023, the New York Magazine decided to publish an update – on good manners: [...]
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03, 2023
Pride and Prejudice
DD5 – Pride and Prejudice I know, it’s more than a little boring to keep rereading I’m a fan of Pride and Prejudice. In [...]
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03, 2023
The Changeover
The Changeover For many years, Penguin Books in Australia offered support for young readers through the Puffin Club. Especially popular were sessions in which [...]