Archive - The Common Reader

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George Bernard Shaw and the drama of ideas

12 hr ago

How to do close reading

Mar 20

And a Book Club update

Mar 17

And the subscribers' book club

Mar 15

Christopher Sykes reviews "Shooting an Elephant"

Mar 13

some thoughts about the 1991 Booker Prize

Mar 11

And seven books to introduce me

Mar 9

Writing is Darwinian not Newtonian

Mar 6

Biography and the Art of Living. Part III.

Mar 4

Biography and the Art of Living. Part II.

Mar 2

February 2023

Biography and the art of living. Part I.

Feb 27

The chilling spirit of the petty bureaucrat is everywhere and waiting for its chance.

and

Feb 25

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