A thing I never know, when I’m starting out to tell a story about a chap I’ve told a story about before, …
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The Sterns are Listening review: Jonathan Wells’s wonderful NY family tale
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackThe Sterns are Listening. Actually, they’re not. The Sterns are doing anything but listening and that’s the problem. It’s that that brings …
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This House is Haunted review: the stranger side of Enfield
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackShortly after lockdown I suggested a trip to my girlfriend. One to Green Lane, Enfield. Not the most romantic or picturesque of …
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Danny the Champion of the World review: meet Roald Dahl’s mischievous heroes
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackSo far in this series I’ve looked at books which informed my teenage political thought (Nineteen Eighty-Four), made me want to become …
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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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This The Crow Road review is about cosy reads. That sounds like a harsh term when viewed in isolation, but it’s one …
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Last night a writer saved my life, last night a writer saved my life from a broken heart… No one ever says …
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Rage review: Richard Bachman’s pen name experiment
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackThere’s a school of thought that The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s classic tale of teenage angst, has the shortest of windows. …
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Nineteen Eighty-Four review: George Orwell’s powerful warning
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackThere 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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And What Do You Do? review If you were out drinking with your mates at any time in the 90s, this And …