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Katherine Roberts considers the fascination horses have always held for young – and older – readers. Since she was a…
Reading can give you dreams that are so real, so powerful you just want to go out into the world…
Ian McMillan diverts Geoff Hatterley with tales of Barnsley, rubber jam tarts and a very strange game of chess. Ian…
Cherish your friends. It seems impossible at the moment but you will make good friends over the next four years…
Brian Clegg considers one of the pitfalls of original research. The discovery of a previously unpublished document about the eccentric…
Now she is able to talk again she has told me that it really got through to her. I will…
Cynthia Rogerson explores expatriatism and why Scotland beats California, and Brian McAvera deplores our neglect of non-naturalistic theatre. Cynthia Rogerson…
Some novels shine with their brilliance, whereas others seem to have arrived on the best-selling list by luck.
The author follows in the footsteps of the famous poet who – almost – visited his home-town. Rob Chapman’s hometown…
The sort of dignity that comes from using the smallest word for the job, the right word for the job;…
Mavis Cheek speaks with James McConnachie about challenging beginnings and discovering her brain. Mavis Cheek speaks with James McConnachie about…
Literature was more life-like that life itself. Between hard covers I began to recognise myself.
