books
07Mar
Touring Britain – The Classic Motorist’s Way
posted by Chris Heathcote
“It is the eye and the heart that are the surest guides”
It seems Heathcotes have a thing for travel guides. I’ve been known to eulogise, and namesake-but-no-relation David Heathcote presents this series taking old travel guides as a starting point for a journey, in this programme the Shell travel guides from the 30s to the [...]
20Nov
Picture Book: Now We Are Growing Up
posted by Beeker Northam
Bit of a misleading title. This looks at the relationship between pictures and words, but also is just interesting about the brilliance of some of the best books of all time (Children’s or not): Stig of the Dump, Tom’s Midnight Garden, Swallows and Amazons.
With some particularly excellent interview material with Philip Pullman (on daemons) and [...]
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