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The case for opsimaths. Maybe late bloomers aren't so late
Late bloomers and lifelong learners
Henry Oliver
Feb 16, 2021
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I quit my job to write a book about late bloomers
Not before time...
Henry Oliver
Apr 11, 2022
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Let there be more biographies of failures
Let there be more biographies of failures, people who were ignored by the world, whose ideas came before their time, whose great work was left in ruins…
Henry Oliver
Mar 16, 2021
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How to write like Malcolm Gladwell
Prose style and structure in The Tipping Point
Henry Oliver
Dec 6, 2022
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The books I enjoyed most this year
In no special order and not necessarily published recently
Henry Oliver
Nov 29, 2022
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Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
So many novelists who work on Min Jin Lee’s themes would be making a comment — social or political — often a very predictable comment. Their work would…
Henry Oliver
May 9, 2022
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Possible endings for The Winter's Tale
The Winter’s Tale is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. It’s not quite a ‘late bloomer’ play but it’s not so far off. Having been stuck in my sick…
Henry Oliver
May 23, 2022
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Life on a Leash
The chilling spirit of the petty bureaucrat is everywhere and waiting for its chance.
Henry Oliver
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Rohit Krishnan
Feb 25
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Understanding Conversations with Tyler
Most of all, Tyler Cowen talks like he writes. Every piece of repetitive, mediocre writing advice (the sort of thing aimed at dreamers on the lunch-hour…
Henry Oliver
Dec 30, 2021
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Light flashes. John Donne by Katherine Rundell
Hats off, please, to Katherine Rundell, who has written a book about John Donne that can stand toe-to-toe with John Carey, something I would not have…
Henry Oliver
Jul 11, 2022
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Exit Orwell, pursued by a gigantic hound
A pert, conceited, saucy, pragmatical, little fellow.
Henry Oliver
Jan 19
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What are the biggest challenges facing adult common readers today?
From Jeremy: I wanted to ask you what you think are some of the biggest challenges facing adult common readers today. His answer is at the end. Some…
Henry Oliver
Jan 30
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