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J. M. Barrie – The Father of Peter Pan
David Stuart Davies looks at the author of one of the best-loved of children’s books.
Eastwood in Nottinghamshire
David Ellis visits the birthplace of D.H. Lawrence
Lunchtime Drinking, Gin & Tonic & Book Fairs
This month’s news from Wordsworth
‘All children, except one, grow up.’
In Part One of a two-part article David Stuart Davies looks at the perennially popular story of ‘Peter Pan’.
Woolf Works
Wayne McGregor and the Royal Ballet re-imagine Virginia Woolf and her work – Sally Minogue reviews.
H. G. Wells and His Literary Milieu at the Fin-de-Siecle
Linda Dryden of the H.G. Wells Society looks at Wells often difficult relationships with his fellow writers.
James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Sally Minogue salutes James Joyce’s ambitious first novel
Post-Truth : Word of the Year 2016
We consider a new career in falsehood, fabrication and forgery…
Wells in Free Flight
Laurence Davies looks at H.G. Wells fascination with flight and its depiction in contemporary fiction.