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…or The Prospect of Whitby, a Grade 2 listed public house on Wapping Wall ( turn east out of Wapping Overground, or DLR to Shadwell and an easy walk south ). If you haven’t been here, it’s worth a visit. It … Continue reading
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I read in The Guardian this weekend that the journey or ‘quest’ story is enjoying a revival, with sales of some, more esoteric, examples doing well this summer as people buy books for beach or countryside. Regular readers of this site will know that … Continue reading
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More convivial bookish doings in Clapham this week, with a return to Clapham Books to hear J.M.Taylor read from his new novel ‘Departing Vienna’. A cross between a detective story and a thriller, this is a book which also deals … Continue reading
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More than one reader has remarked on what they describe as the ‘quintessential Englishness’ of ‘The Village’. This is, in part, because of the descriptions of the seasons and the countryside, which are clearly the English seasons and the English countryside; but it’s also because … Continue reading
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A new sort of politics?
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Spain is, according to the OECD, the EU member state with greatest inequality between rich and poor ( see OECD Report – In It Together; Why Less Inequality Benefits All ). However much the disparity has grown in the UK, it’s nowhere … Continue reading →
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