Undoubtedly one of the best overlooked novels that should be read by everyone, ‘O Caledonia’ is republished today by W&N in their ESSENTIALS collection. It gave me such joy to read it, every page filled with emotion and colour, recognition and admiration, that I want to give a copy to every bookish person I know, and […]
“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but not human” – Adolf Hitler If you thought comic books were for adolescents only and that serious people read prose which no pictures can seep into, try Maus. You are about to change your mind.
Don’t take the words for granted. It is a privilege superior to senses, for what is the worth of all the experiences in the world if you cannot share them?
How do you discover something you don’t know exists? – the question asked during Rebecca’s workshop sparked a book of 9 luminous essays in search of an answer.
Vera Brittain was a woman born to fight for what she believed in, and no other time could have been more suitable for her to live on Earth than the first half of the 20th century.
Here is the story of how I happened to read and re-read a circa 1,000 pages novel this autumn.