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2 06, 2023

Watership Down

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-06-02T04:19:48+00:00June 2nd, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

 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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26 05, 2023

Here and There – Egypt

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-26T04:14:07+00:00May 26th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

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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19 05, 2023

The Empty Raincoat

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-19T04:46:31+00:00May 19th, 2023|Books, Education, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

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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27 04, 2023

Here and There – Travelling Alone

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-27T04:48:22+00:00April 27th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

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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21 04, 2023

The Leopard

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-21T04:08:23+00:00April 21st, 2023|Books, Philosophical, Politics, Society|

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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7 04, 2023

The Mouse and His Child

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-07T04:39:55+00:00April 7th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

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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10 03, 2023

The Changeover

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-03-10T03:56:39+00:00March 10th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

The Changeover For many years, Penguin Books in Australia offered support for young readers through the Puffin Club.  Especially popular were sessions in which [...]

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24 02, 2023

Pale Fire

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-02-24T03:51:34+00:00February 24th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical|

Pale Fire Sometimes I imagine Alice Liddell became Vladimir Nabokov when she grew up.  As a child in ‘Wonderland’ she was able to shrink [...]

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10 02, 2023

Bridge to Terabithia

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-02-10T03:19:46+00:00February 10th, 2023|Books, Education, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

Bridge to Terabithia Some books remain stuck in your memory, while others gently fade away.  There is a moment at the beginning of Wind [...]

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3 02, 2023

Here and There – Inside, Outside

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-02-03T02:55:00+00:00February 3rd, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

Here and There – Inside, Outside At my primary school in London, I wore a (small!) blazer, green, with a badge on the pocket.  [...]

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