Descartes Bones
Descartes’ Bones There are many challenges in writing about other people, especially those whose ideas have become important to you, or more widely. The [...]
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11, 2025
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07, 2025
DD81 – The Wreck of Western Culture
DD81 - The Wreck of Western Culture Do I want to be thought of as a ‘grumpy old man’? Well, I am old, and [...]
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05, 2025
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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03, 2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Sometimes to attempt to write about a book in just four pages is ridiculous, almost an affront to a work that demands a significant [...]
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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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08, 2024
A Map to the End of Time
A Map To the End of Time Serendipity. I had just read two novels by Claire North, Ithaca and House of Odysseus. Like two [...]
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05, 2024
Monkey
DD35 – Monkey What defines a children’s classic book? One published more than fifty years ago and still regarded as ‘great’? Or from more [...]
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01, 2024
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