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Dame Hilary Mantel has begun recording this year’s BBC Reith Lectures on historical writing. I am particularly interested in hearing them, not just because Mantel is one of our foremost writers, but because of the recent discussion in The Past … Continue reading
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From Common Reading at Clapham Book Festival to Common People ’17, lots of free music and the spoken word on a Bank Holiday weekend in south London. It was thirty degrees and sunny as we lounged in deck chairs to … Continue reading
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…sang Elvis Costello back in the ’70s. But I do and have – been going to Chelsea that is – for twenty years and more ( twenty five actually, I first went in 1994 ) But not this year. It’s … Continue reading
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Organising (and performing) at two Festivals this Spring has meant less time for writing. (Writers of old never had to contend with such – I blame the showman Dickens for the idea of prose writer as performer.*) So, although I … Continue reading
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Internecine warfare, holding on by one’s fingertips and, just a fortnight ago, a crucial vote. Lots of people have been accessing Who Rules Spain? Erm…. recently which has prompted the question in the title of this article. My last post on … Continue reading →
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