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Auld Lang Syne
Strange times indeed for booklovers. The other day I was looking longingly, lasciviously, but sadly only vicariously, at the latest catalogue from Sotherans, oldest booksellers in the world. They have...
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In my bad books
Well, not much interest in “reverse political correctness”, lowest visitor numbers in months for the previous post. Feel like a restaurant owner who has set out a great menu, created a terrific...
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Life in books
[Article first published as Life in Books on Blogcritics.] People always say “Oh I love the smell of a new book when you open it.” I used to go along with this, nod wisely, say “Ah yes, nothing like...
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Currency Lad
Looking at the books on my bookshelves triggers all kinds of thoughts, memories, remembrance of times past. As I assembled this essay (a form invented by Montaigne, whose biography I recently read) in...
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