In Its Purest Form
Lolita: In Its Purest Form In a sense, all I want to say is ‘Read this book, it’s really brilliant’. As if it were [...]
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05, 2025
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04, 2025
The King Must Die
The King Must Die What is the skill which allows some writers to take the familiar and represent it in such a way that [...]
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03, 2025
DD64 – Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate Why are some books compulsive, even when they seem so out of touch with one’s everyday concerns. Nancy Mitford’s [...]
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03, 2025
At Play In the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord There is little more fascinating than discovering and meeting with people from another culture, especially if [...]
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02, 2025
Journey to the East
DD60 – The Journey to the East I first came across Hermann Hesse’s short story, The Journey to the East, reading a book by [...]
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12, 2024
What Happened to Class
What Happened to Class? When I was growing up in the UK, class was an accepted feature of the social world. It wasn’t so [...]
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11, 2024
The Culture of the New Capitalism
The Culture of the New Capitalism It is often hard to explain – to oneself and to others – why you are drawn to [...]
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09, 2024
Penelope
Penelope There have been several books published recently that retell a familiar classical story, especially some of the Ancient Greek myths. I became entranced [...]
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09, 2024
Rage On
Rage On Recently, my eldest daughter sent me a link to a talk given at the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival on 17 [...]
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09, 2024
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation Susan Sontag is one of those people who is surrounded by dramatically divided opinions. She died twenty years ago, and from her [...]
