From harpercollins.co.uk
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‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John Keegan Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last
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From scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
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It is VE Night, Tobermory. / Cottages blaze and shimmer in the mirror of the bay. / Light is necklaced everywhere, / on the...
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A Friendship in Letters - Books from Scotland
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'I was struck by just how fun, playful and jesting Barrie was. And while I knew they developed a friendship, I didn’t realise just how much the friendship with Stevenson meant to Barrie.'
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on May 9, 2024
From lithub.com
Empathizing with the Mother Figures of Peter Pan
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Is an adventure an adventure if there’s no one waiting at home at home to hear about it? I’ve pondered this off and on ever since rereading Peter Pan. As a child, I loved Peter, the Lost Boys, and …
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on May 9, 2024
From theatlantic.com
The Secret History of Captain Hook
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As Christmas approaches, a look into the life of a classic villain from a classic holiday tale
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on May 9, 2024
From lithub.com
Visiting the Actual Island That Inspired Neverland
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“To be born is to be wrecked on an island.” J.M. Barrie wrote this in his introduction to R.M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island, and for me it has proven to be the surprising theme of my life. As it w…
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on May 9, 2024
From theparisreview.org
Sorry, Peter Pan, We’re Over You
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On lost boys, fairy tales, and raising black sons in America.
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on May 9, 2024