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Review of Heaney’s Beowulf Now In Features
Back in 2000, when the world was young, Sarah Coley wrote an excellent review of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf…
Featured Article: The Shakespeared Brain
I have just added an article by Philip Davis on the neurological effects of reading Shakespeare to the Features page.…
Venetian dreams
I have just (reluctantly) returned from Venice and although my body is back in England, my spirit has stayed there.…
Ian MacMillan–New Reader Regular
Philip Davis, editor of The Reader writes to say that Ian MacMillan, poet, performer and broadcaster is to become a…
The All-new Reader Website
As of today The Reader has a new website, which includes news and information about the magazine, about Reader community…
Upcoming TV Adaptations
Angela Macmillan made contact to point out that the BBC is working on several interesting-looking TV adaptations of eighteenth and…
Philip Roth Discusses Everyman
Philip Roth is one of my favourite writers; he is one of the few writers whose prose seems like it…
Pitmatic
Earlier in the week a dictionary of the lost language of Pitmatic was reviewed in The Guardian. Coming from a…
Recommended Reads: Poppy Shakespeare
I have just finished reading Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allen. Set in a North London day hospital, Allen draws on…
The Poetry of Les Murray
Les Murray, sometimes of this parish, features in this week's New Yorker in a review article by Dan Chiasson. Chiasson…
