Bric-a-brac of a life

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Reminiscences Joe Brainard I Remember 208pp. Daunt. ...

Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive

YOU don’t even speak to him. I don’t understand why we have to go.” Mia was being difficult again. Eliza glanced at her daughter’s pouting face in the rear view mirror, and her slight crow’s feet deep

A portrait of a Bavarian town gripped by National Socialism

I’m not sure what woke me up so early – excitement or the desperate need for a wee. These days, my alarm is my bladder. I pull on a loose, comfortable dress and shuffle down the corridor of our holida