Intimate and familiar
A striking idea, that in being true, a book will feel intimate and familiar to all men. Â 'True' surely means...
The best part of books…
Obvious when you put it like that. But it’s got me trying to think of what’s actually happening in books...
A sunny spot to read
I fell in love with this room when I saw this sunlit painting. The Victorian artist has captured a perfect...
Reading as a meandering canoe
This is a beautiful metaphor for a boy discovering the magic of reading and writing, both of which were forbidden...
Podcast review – Adam Nicolson’s The Mighty Dead
Listening time: 8 minutes.
Enjoy this celebration of a favourite book by a favourite author about a favourite...
Reading as road
Another metaphor describing how this young boy was progressing as his older brother taught him to read and write in...
Reading as grand occasion
This is Machiavelli and I like the way he treats reading as a majestic occasion, leaving aside his working clothes...
Worse than cocaine
If you were traversing the Soviet Union it was better to be caught with a kilo of cocaine than a...
The illuminated space of the poem
Reading can extend life, as Umberto Eco put it: a reader can live 5000 years as opposed to the three...
How to read a book in a language you don’t know (II)
I love children's books and their illustrations, and often buy second-hand at this or that flea-market. By now, we have...
On the Elizabethans and book learning
I have no idea if this is a fair appraisal of the Elizabethan stance on book learning, but I have...
Your chosen family
Most readers, particularly those who make little distinction between the past and present in seeking their sustenance, will be able to...
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