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An Introduction to Harriet Wasson Styer’s “Facts, by a Woman.”

June 4, 2023

Harriet Wasson Styer’s Facts, by a Woman (1881) is in no immediate need of an introduction. No copy of this …

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Book Review: Hex by Jenni Fagan.

May 16, 2023

Another witch. Today’s reader will be thoroughly tired of witches before they even get started on Hex, the new novella …

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Illustration to Hermann Hesse’s Demian.

April 29, 2023

… a great spirit (daimon), and like all spirits he is intermediate between the divine and the mortal… He interprets… …

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Book Review: Englisch in Berlin by Moshtari Hilal and Sinthujan Varatharajah.

April 28, 2023

I like to sharpen my German on occasional, chance items, rather as a parrot will trim its beak on offcuts …

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Some Notes on “Life on the Mississippi” by Mark Twain.  

April 20, 2023

Despite following his well-turned-out novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain’s …

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D.H. Lawrence Reviews Ernest Hemingway’s “In Our Time.”

April 13, 2023

[I have been reading books by D.H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway since my early twenties. To my bewilderment I suddenly …

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A Journey Through Hermann Hesse’s Demian.

March 17, 2023

[The following contains spoilers.] I have never read the writings of Karl Jung. Indeed I am still today – after …

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How “sensitivity” towards Mrs Twit endangers our understanding of authorship.

February 20, 2023

The publisher Puffin is currently preparing to issue a new edition of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novels. And for the …

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What is afoot at Perceval Landon’s Thurnley Abbey?

February 3, 2023

[The following contains spoilers.] Perceval Landon’s ghost story “Thurnley Abbey” had first appeared in Raw Edges (1908), his only published …

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Short Story Review: “The Year of the Short Corn” by Fred Urquhart.

January 24, 2023

“The Year of the Short Corn” is a short story by the Scottish author Fred Urquhart and it also gives …

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Book Review: The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier.

January 7, 2023

[The following contains spoilers.] The Silver Sword is a children’s novel by Ian Serraillier that was first published in 1956. …

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Short Story Review: “Gentlemen, The Queen” and “Provide for Your Poor Sisters” by Fred Urquhart.

December 17, 2022

[“An Introduction to Exploring Fred Urquhart’s Short Stories.”] Fred Urquhart’s short stories “Gentlemen, the Queen” and “Provide For Your Poor …

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An Introduction to Exploring Fred Urquhart’s Short Stories.

December 9, 2022

If you are a genius then it is wonderful, of course, but it is never advisable to develop any genius …

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Book Review: Harold Wilson, The Winner.

December 2, 2022

In all likelihood the UK’s next prime minister will be Sir Keir Starmer. Last month, Sir Keir had signalled that …

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“Transphobia” in The Female Eunuch and the Story of April Ashley.

October 9, 2022

Clichés have always bedevilled the feminist Germaine Greer but I have grown interested lately in one that concerns her relationship …

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