Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Fake Words: Problems of Transliteration from Russian and Ukrainian

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The late Fred Halliday – a Professor who once warned the London School of Economics against entangling itself with the Gaddafi regime – th...
Sunday, 22 April 2018

Review: Sara Baume A Line Made By Walking

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This is very good. There is really no plot, but right through I wanted to keep reading. It’s true that I did not read it as a novel ...
Saturday, 21 April 2018

Review: Kelley Swain, The Naked Muse

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This is a readable, gently written and gently paced book which spins off reflections on painting and (briefly) photography from the...
Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Essay: Hobbyists, Writers, Academics, Journalists

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Hilary Mantel is annoyed by those who ask silly questions at literary festivals – perhaps the problem is simply that intelligent questio...

Review: Jordan B Peterson, 12 Rules for Life. An Antidote to Chaos

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To get to this book, you have first to get past the brand. There is @jordanbpeterson on Twitter; Dr Jordan B Peterson on Facebook; a...
Friday, 30 March 2018

Advertisement: Trevor Pateman, Silence Is So Accurate

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Click on Image to Magnify This morning I see that on Amazon  there are copies of my 2017 hardback book of essays Silence Is So Accu...
Sunday, 25 March 2018

Review: Julian Maclaren-Ross, Of Love and Hunger

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This was a pick from a Waterstones table, almost random but influenced by the fact that it is set on the part of the English south c...