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Saturday, 24 January 2026

Dante's Divine Comedy in the Bookshop

Dante's Divine Comedy by Seymour Chwast

"If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing." - Kingsley Amis








































 

Friday, 29 August 2025

Wish You Were Here in the Bookshop

Wish You Were Here Coleridge's Holidays in Ramsgate 1819-1833 by Allan Clayson

"Readers may be divided into four classes: I. Sponges, who absorb all they read, and return it nearly in the same state, only a little dirtied. II. Sand-glasses, who retain nothing, and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time. III. Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. IV. Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge