I hate shopping. I really cannot stand milling around shiny displays, being subliminally brain-washed into believing that certain objects will enhance my …
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John Maguire
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It seems every time I look at the ever-flowing social media stream, I am alerted to the death of somebody in the …
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Sexy self-help I have always thought the term, ‘self-help’ in the book sections sounds dirty. A sub-genre of a kink in pornography. …
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Book ReviewsLiverpool
Ten Years On The Parish review: 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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A visit to Tate Liverpool I have to commend the TATE Liverpool. It helped to transform the Albert Dock in the Eighties. …
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The Walker Art Gallery is located on William Brown Street in Liverpool. It is unique as it is the only street in the …
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Book Reviews
The American Lover review: Rose Tremain’s sensual stories
by John Maguireby John MaguireRose Tremain is a writer who has an impressive trunk of material. In the collection of short stories, The American Lover, she …
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Book Reviews
Reflections in a Golden Eye review: Carson McCullers’ gothic story
by John Maguireby John MaguireReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers was given to me by a friend who understands I have a fixation on …
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Children have a fixation with the downright gruesome. I found this out when I recently re-discovered a picture book by Heinrich Hoffman …
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I read over one hundred books in 2016 and I must confess I did feel secretly smug. I had written the titles …
