Category Archives: Kaye Webb

Beautiful Books 19

Posted on September 26, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

Published in 1956, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’ was Angus Wilson’s second novel, and the second of his books to bear the wonderful art of Ronald Searle, his first novel being ‘Hemlock and After’ (1952). I love Searle’s art: a scribbly, scratchy art … Continue reading →

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This week’s book haul

Posted on November 25, 2018 by wordsandpictures2016

Firstly, a wonderful new collection of essays by the incomparable Camille Paglia. Since her arrival on the international stage in the early 1990s, Paglia has produced many, many thought provoking pieces, which educate, titillate, shock and entertain in equal measure. … Continue reading →

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