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2018

Failed plots and a tragic end – The Race to Save the Romanovs @shinynewbooksoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2018
“I can remember a menu long after I’ve forgotten the hostess that accompanied it.” #saki #michaelwalmeroriginal ↗
13 Nov 2018
Loving my local library (redux) – plus the Oxfam lowers its prices! #bookfinds #libraryoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2018
“…the possibilities of things yet to be discovered…” #williamftemple #blsfc @BL_Publishingoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2018
Giving back the lost voices of Russian women @Dedalusbooksoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2018
Utopian Ideas and Ideals #utopia #professorrichardclay #bbc4original ↗
5 Nov 2018
Club time! (Well – not for a few months…)original ↗
3 Nov 2018
“The modern spirit has become a more and more calculating one” #GeorgSimmel @pushkinpress #willstoneoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2018
Part novel, part travelogue, totally delightful! #michaelwalmer #stellatennysonjesseoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2018
Three things… #4 – Revolutions, plus difficulties with older books…original ↗
28 Oct 2018
Ellen Wilkinson – the Newcastle connection! @appliedcomics @historyNCLoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2018
A controversial lost feminist author? @shinynewbooksoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2018
#1944Club: we made it to the end – but where next….?original ↗
22 Oct 2018
#1944Club : “In all the Library, there are no two identical books”original ↗
21 Oct 2018
#1944club – a heroine takes control of her own destinyoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2018
#1944club – The pure genius of Edmund Crispinoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2018
#1944Club – some previous readsoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2018
#1944club – A Guest Post about a book I loveoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2018
#1944club – opening the week with a classic Maigretoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2018
The #1944Club launches!original ↗
15 Oct 2018
The dilemmas of bibliophiles through the ages… @BL_Publishing @shedworkingoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2018
The background to a seminal myth @BodPublishing #frankensteinoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2018
#1944club – one week and counting… :)original ↗
8 Oct 2018
Christmas comes early to the Ramblings! @BL_Publishing #BLCC #thepocketdetectiveoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2018
Penguin Moderns 15 and 16 – Luscious prose and evocative journalismoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2018
Rediscovered Russian modernism @ShinyNewBooksoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2018
“The burden of knowing” #TwoMinutesToMidnight #armageddonoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2018
A journey into the hearts and minds of three poets #tsvetaeva #pasternak #rilke @nyrbclassicsoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2018
The power of words #bannedbooksweek #russia @shinynewbooksoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2018
“We command reverence for the rights of poets” – #mayakovsky #borisdralyuk @InsertBlancoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2018
Eleanor Marx is *Not* Fine…. #eleanormarx #feminism #marxismoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2018
Penguin Moderns 13 and 14 – A woman’s life and a dog’s eye vieworiginal ↗
18 Sept 2018
“Dusk excites the mad.” #Baudelaire #Parisoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2018
“Evenings lit up by burning coals” (Baudelaire) @nyrbclassics @colehenri #parisoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2018
“To be alive and to be a ‘writer’ is enough.” #KatherineMansfield @almaclassicsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2018
Three Things… #3 – “…the clock is ticking…” #richardclay #armageddon #bbcradio4 @thMnsandthInstroriginal ↗
10 Sept 2018
A murder in the House of Commons! @BL_Publishing #BLCC #EllenWilkinsonoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2018
A close-up and personal encounter #FridaKahlo #V&Aoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2018
The trials and travails of the seeker of translations… #russianpoetry #robertchandler #borisdralyuk #peterdanielsoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2018
“Change will not come from above” @ViragoBooks #GeneralStrike #JarrowMarchoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2018
Skinny Book Therapy! @almaclassics @almabooksoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2018
The inevitability of the arrival of new books…original ↗
25 Aug 2018
Rebuilding the Parisian Landscape @ShinyNewBooks @HoZ_Booksoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2018
Discovering “Red” Ellen #Virago #BLCC #GeneralStrike #JarrowMarchoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2018
“Follow your own path.” #WITmonth @OWC_Oxfordoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2018
“Live. And try to keep others alive.” #WITmonthoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2018
Bookish Serendipityoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2018
*cough* – “Arsenal!” @BL_Publishingoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2018
“One must start accepting that a text can stand on its own” @Wakefield_Press #georgesperecoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2018
Tramping with a poor beast of burden… plus some musings on different editionsoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2018
The trick is to keep moving… #WITmonth #OlgaTokarczuk @jenniferlcroftoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2018
Exploring Zoshchenko’s wonderful Russian satire @ColumbiaUP @shinynewbooks #zoshchenko #borisdralyukoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2018
Plans? What plans?? #WITmonthoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2018
Postcards from the edgeoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2018
“Let’s Do It A Dada” @almaclassics #dadaoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2018
Surreal, strange, satirical – and very, very entertaining! @AmpersandPubLtdoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2018
Why a visit to London is *very* dangerous for a bibliophile… #bookfindsoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2018
Penguin Moderns 11 and 12 – Myths, injustice and unexpected beautyoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2018
An exploration of memory – @OneworldNews @shinynewbooksoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2018
The Case of the Grumpy Detective…original ↗
17 Jul 2018
….in which an unexpected volume of poetry speaks to me… @saltpublishingoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2018
The perfect frothy caper novel!original ↗
10 Jul 2018
Rediscovering Julian Barnes – #manbooker50 @shiny new booksoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2018
Three Things… #2 – documentaries, and the price of books…original ↗
4 Jul 2018
“Misfortune had stricken them into a strange apathy” – dark deeds from @AmpersandPubLtdoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2018
Shuffling the shelves – again….. #books #MountTBRoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2018
Three things… #1 @GaiaBird1original ↗
25 Jun 2018
In search of a vanished land #bookrevieworiginal ↗
22 Jun 2018
“Paris is a city one can read without a map”original ↗
19 Jun 2018
“To write is love unto death” @seagullbooksoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2018
A few quick literary links…. @lithub @parisreview @guardianoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2018
“Know one thing: you will be old tomorrow….” @poetrycandle @PushkinPressoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2018
Penguin Moderns 9 and 10 – Parables and poetryoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2018
“Art is a mask that covers the face of nature” – a journey back to twenties Moscow with Curzio Malaparte @nyrbclassicsoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2018
Some booky and arty digressions! (or; drowning in books….)original ↗
2 Jun 2018
Pioneering female fiction – @shinynewbooks @laurakanost @stockcerooriginal ↗
31 May 2018
Penguin Moderns 7 and 8 – Distinctive voices, polar oppositesoriginal ↗
28 May 2018
British Library Crime Classics – and trains!!! @shinynewbooks @BL_Publishingoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
Imps and Immortals – treats from an independent publisher @AmpersandPubLtdoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
“velvet nights spiked with menace” – in which Angela and I are reconciled…original ↗
21 May 2018
Penguin Moderns 5 and 6 – Erotica and the Orientoriginal ↗
17 May 2018
My Blog’s Name in Books…. :)original ↗
14 May 2018
“Her execution was used as a warning to other politically active women.” #feminism #frenchrevolution #iconoclasmoriginal ↗
10 May 2018
A pioneering mathematical female – @BodPublishingoriginal ↗
7 May 2018
Penguin Moderns 3 and 4 – striking women authorsoriginal ↗
4 May 2018
Cryptic challengesoriginal ↗
1 May 2018
A notorious case – Rex V Thompson @shinynewbooks @ApolloFictionoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2018
Coming up next! (well, in six months’ time….) – 1944!original ↗
25 Apr 2018
#1977Club – a final post!original ↗
23 Apr 2018
#1977Club – early and brilliant short stories from @MargaretAtwood @ViragoBooksoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2018
#1977club – a rarity – DNF and Did Not Really Get On With….original ↗
21 Apr 2018
#1977Club – Revisiting some Plathian proseoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2018
#1977club – some previous readsoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2018
#1977Club – Midnight Express by Billy Hayes with William Hofferoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2018
The genius of Shostakovich @shinynewbooks @BehemothMusic @NottingHillEdsoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2018
#1977club – Brautigan’s Babylonian Dreamsoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2018
#1977club – here we go! :)original ↗
16 Apr 2018
A dark and bleak satire @shinynewbooks @Apollo_Fictionoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2018
Penguin Moderns 1 and 2 – Voices from the Sixties #mlkoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2018
Coming soon – the #1977club!original ↗
9 Apr 2018
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