The Poetry of Cats, a collection
As an animal lover, I was really looking forward to this topical little volume. Boy, was I disappointed! For one thing, at least a fourth of the offerings were about … Continue reading
Mr Tasker’s Gods
This is a dark little fable by T F Powys, a novelist and mystic, one of eleven siblings, who lived in Dorset – the very secluded villages of East Chaldon and … Continue reading
Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds
This beautifully-detailed graphic novel is a follow-up to Gemma Bovery, Posy Simmonds’s version of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. Tamara Drewe’s relationship to its novel of origin, Hardy’s Far From The Madding … Continue reading
Jude the Obscure
Part of Hatchet Week – Video battle Why I Hate Jude the Obscure ROSY: Apparently panned when first published – and for once the stuffy old critics were right. Argh! … Continue reading
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