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A Dance to the Music of Time in 2025
Please do join me in a year-long read of Anthony Powell's remarkable classic
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A Question of Upbringing: Book Club
Thoughts on the first volume of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time series
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The Twelve Reads of Christmas
‘Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?’ ‘Certainly one does. I am all for it.’
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Five things you should do when you're interviewed about your book
What I've learned after 14 years and 16 books about getting the word out
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Why it's important to write what you like
We should all be a bit more Bennet Langton
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Why you should not get rid of books
"Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity." Umberto Eco.
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The Wedding Present: Like a poem or a book or something
"The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the 'Rock 'n' Roll' era. You may dispute this, but I'm right and you're wrong." - John Peel.
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What do you read?
How do you choose? Who do you choose? And where do you read?
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Why 2025 should be the year you write more letters
The vital importance of The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society
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Raymond Chandler's list of “THINGS I HATE”
Everybody loves a literary listicle
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AJP Taylor's 'What I Read This Year' lists
Featuring Dylan Thomas, Agatha Christie, and, well, Alan John Percivale Taylor
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What do writers DO all day?
“Good God man,” he said. “You don’t mean to tell me you work in the afternoon?”
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