There were two shelves of Everyman Library classics in my childhood home. These had largely been acquired second hand and I remember them as being in varying conditions of well-thumbed tattiness.
Commentary by Jill Segger
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December 16, 2020
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November 5, 2020
As we approach Remembrance Sunday, the usual arguments over poppy colour have been a little less strident as memorial celebrations are subject to lockdown this year.
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October 1, 2020
It can sometimes be advantageous to arrive late. I did not pay much attention to the film Goodbye Christopher Robin when it first appeared in 2017.
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September 4, 2020
Culture wars are as pointlessly destructive as any other form of warfare.
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August 12, 2020
The title of this collection offers a promise: a sense of place.
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July 8, 2020
The manner in which we enjoy our leisure time is diverse. But there can be no doubt that in the UK, the pub is at its heart for a great many people.
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May 29, 2020
Bernadette Meaden's book, Illness, Disability and Caring is the third in a study series How the B
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April 30, 2020
For several weeks now, we have been standing on our doorsteps applauding and banging on saucepans in communal displays of solidarity for the ‘key workers’ who are –
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February 26, 2020
On the doorstep of Lent, I stand uncertain.
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February 14, 2020
“We were reckoned, in the north part of England, even as the outcasts of Israel.”
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December 31, 2019
The curious liminal space which lies between Christmas and New Year and encompasses them both, is almost over.
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December 11, 2019
On Thursday night, many of us will stay awake listening to the early declarations, the exit polls, the long tension of
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November 20, 2019
Remembrance-tide is over.
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August 22, 2019
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”. The words are generally attributed to the 20th century Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci.
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June 19, 2019
The prospect of another week of wannabe Conservative leaders setting out their wares for the electors of the parliamentary party, the party in the country and the wi
