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Books of 2007: The Dastardly Book for Dogs–Suze Clarke
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Suze Clarke This is a book in the age…
Recommended Reads: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters
By Josie Billington Mrs Gaskell’s last and finest work, Wives and Daughters, has been called ‘the most underrated novel in…
Books of 2007: Half of a Yellow Sun–Bea Colley
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Bea Colley The book Half of a Yellow Sun…
Featured Poem: On Wenlock Edge
A.E. Houseman's poem 'On Wenlock Edge ...' (1896) is one of my favourite poems, not least for its description of…
Cranford, Episode 3 Review
In her third contribution Clare Williams continues her series of reviews of the BBC's adaptation of Cranford. For those people…
Recommended Reads: James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia (1987) is a fictionalised account of the notorious unsolved murder of Elizabeth Ann Short in Los Angeles…
Links We Liked for December 6, 2007
In a story that should really be tagged 'Gouranga' Inside Higher Ed reports that literary graffitti has been appearing at…
Recommended Reads: Children of the Revolution
Updated 5/12/2007, 10.12pm: Children of the Revolution won the 2007 Guardian Prize. Well done Jen for picking this one. The…
Reading and Dementia
This week, the Alzheimer’s Society called for all care staff to receive mandatory training in dementia care. The call came…
Chekhov’s Three Sisters in January 2008
January seems like a long way off but William Rossiter has been in touch to remind me about his one…
Featured Poem: William Blake, ‘I saw a chapel all of gold’
By Jonathan Roberts This poem is quintessential Blake. It comes from one of his notebooks known as 'The Rossetti Manuscript'…
Cranford: Episode 2 Review
Clare Williams brings us up to date in the second of her reviews of the BBC's drama series Cranford. Episode…
