Category Archives: David Kynaston

new year new books

Posted on January 3, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

Three beautiful Christmas gifts, three new year sale items and a copy of my favourite periodical. It’s interesting that there is only one novel in the list, perhaps a result of finding a lot of the novels I read last … Continue reading →

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bookhaul, summer 2021

Posted on September 21, 2021 by wordsandpictures2016

Post War Public Art – Lisa Brown Another sweet little booklet from The Modernist, with delightful photographs of public art from Huddersfield, Leeds, Newcastle, Halifax amongst others: all harking back to a time when it was felt that such ‘little … Continue reading →

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This week’s book haul…

Posted on March 19, 2017 by wordsandpictures2016

Fiction first: ‘The Witch Finder’s Sister’ by Beth Underdown. Great reviews for this spooky tale of witch hunting madness in 1645 Essex. I’ve always loved ‘Witchfinder General’, the classic 1968 Michael Reeves film starring Vincent Price as Matthew Hopkins – … Continue reading →

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This week’s book haul – post holiday special!

Posted on June 25, 2016 by wordsandpictures2016

Back in dear old Blighty and you find me angry, sad and afraid following yesterday’s EU referendum result – but I’m not going to dwell on that here…maybe in a few days when things have sunk in a little. Some nice stuff … Continue reading →

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