Children have a fixation with the downright gruesome. I found this out when I recently re-discovered a picture book by Heinrich Hoffman …
John Maguire
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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 …
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Don’t you dare give me an ash tray for Christmas! …were the words from my mum when I told her I was …
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A few years ago, ten million hardbacks celebrated a book depository in Liverpool. A place in a local shopping centre designated solely for …
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It is fair to say 2016 has been an unruly guest as years go. We have been stripped of creative geniuses and …
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A pop art version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, with a touch of Tarantino violence sums up Small Change: Andrez Bergen’s buzzing …
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One crisp Wednesday morning in May, I swam into the Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice. Located in Calle Lunga Santa Maria Formosa, the …
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ArtsGroupie presents HOTEL. Part of Shiny New Festival 2016 Wednesday 20 July at 7 pm. Tickets available from the Lantern Theatre for …
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Book Reviews
The Death of Bunny Munro review: Nick Cave’s sick fable
by John Maguireby John MaguireEver had the feeling you have been drugged with a literary pill? You pick up a book and cannot stop reading it; …
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Book Reviews
Revolutionary Road review: Richard Yates’s dream-home heartache
by John Maguireby John MaguireI begin this Revolutionary Road review by noting that Richard Yates’s novel is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April …