This week’s prompt for Nonfiction November is to ‘be the expert’ and ‘share three or more books on a single topic that…
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George Orwell
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Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four…
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There comes a time in any young life where the senses are suddenly open and art of any genus strikes like a…
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Book ReviewsEditor's PickLiverpool
Ten Years On The Parish: The Autobiography and Letters of George Garrett
by John Maguireby John MaguireI have often wished I could step back in time to see the Mersey in its golden years brimming with vessels setting…
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Not counting the obvious friends and family, the one thing I miss most when away from Liverpool is a little taste of home.…
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It is not always easy to read Chaos and Caliphate: Patrick Cockburn’s review of diary entries and newspaper columns written between 2001…
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If you haven’t yet read London Belongs To Me, Norman Collins’ epic tale of a south-of-the-river street and its inhabitants, now might be a…
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Who that has not suffered it understands the pain of exile? – George Orwell, Burmese Days To be quite honest, having travelled…
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Like my good pal, Mr Maguire, I have taken a more systematic approach to reading this year by making a reading plan.…
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Interviews
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad: writer Laurence Wilson on Orwell’s Animal Farm
by John Maguireby John MaguireOrwell’s pioneering fable – Animal Farm – has been translated into many different formats, including cartoon, radio and theatre. It is a…
