'Nothing is so beautiful as spring', said Gerard Manley Hopkins. And who could disagree? Come and join us for a celebration of spring in the words of Hopkins and his fellow poets, from medieval times to today. There will be daffodils, trees coming into leaf, April's sweet showers, melting snow, lambs, at least one serpent, […]
Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains. Miloš Hama is a young railroad apprentice in wartime Czechoslovakia. But he has other things on his mind besides the war - losing his virginity, gossip at the railway station… A touching and humorous portrait of a sympathetic character by a Czech master. Raw Reading is a new study group. […]
Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains. Miloš Hama is a young railroad apprentice in wartime Czechoslovakia. But he has other things on his mind besides the war - losing his virginity, gossip at the railway station… A touching and humorous portrait of a sympathetic character by a Czech master. Raw Reading is a new study group. […]
Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These. Keegan’s novella about the infamous Magdalen laundries and the capacity of an ordinary person for heroism is becoming a Christmas classic alongside Dickens. In a short space, we are taken to a vividly memorable world where we witness the heights and depths of human nature. Raw Reading is a […]
Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These. Keegan’s novella about the infamous Magdalen laundries and the capacity of an ordinary person for heroism is becoming a Christmas classic alongside Dickens. In a short space, we are taken to a vividly memorable world where we witness the heights and depths of human nature. Raw Reading is a […]
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