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The Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Maybe it depends upon whether you are an optimist or a pessimist as to whether you follow RM Ballantyne’s portrayal in ‘The Coral Island’ of children castaway on a tropical island, not only surviving but thriving or the anarchic picture in William Golding’s ‘The Lord of the flies’ of lost boys becoming tribal and murderous. […]
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The Land of Sweet Forever – Harper Lee
Lots of writers, artists and composers are known by the general public for one work, think of Widor and his Toccata, Dukas and the Sorcerors Apprentice, Ravel and Bolero, Munch for his ghastly picture ‘The Scream,’ JD Salinger with ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and then there is Harper Lee. Harper Lee (1926-2016) is famous, hugely […]
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Eleanor – Alice Loxton
Some non-fiction is good now and then, and when I dip into it, it tends to be art, history or landscape based. Here is some history that I just stumbled on half price in Waterstones. Alice Loxton is a young historian and writer and indeed this book could only have been written by someone who […]
I grew up in freezing cold Kent in the 1950s and early 60s. The airing cupboard was the one place to curl up comfortably and read. The cat sometimes chose to join me. He too knew where it was warm …
Susan Brice