‘Nancy’s books trip along with a laugh and then suddenly plunge into #tragedy . And the tragedy is extra-tragic because we know that we are seeing Nancy herself and her family.’ The late Michele Hanson on #NancyMitford , SF Issue 20.

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‘What I loved about the #novel . . . is its mixture of post-war pessimism and gaiety, fuelled by constant drinking and banter.’ Tony Roberts on #Hemingway ’s The Sun also Rises, SF Issue 38.

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‘Somebody once said – and I think it was me, actually – the secret of a #happymarriage is a good #bookmark .’ Oliver Pritchett gives practical #advice to #booklovers in SF Issue 37.

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‘The Empress of Ireland . . . entertains wildly because the #author , purely by chance, encountered a truly original #character that even the finest novelist could not have invented.’ – Gustav Temple, The Chap The Chap Magazine

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Dodie Smith (1896-1990), author of I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians, was born #OTD 1896 at 118 Bury New Road, Whitefield, near Bury.

Published today! Thank you once again to Slightly Foxed | Magazine, Small Press, Podcast for producing such a beautiful edition of Bell’s Summer essays, gathered together from the archives. May the sun finally shine on them again ☀️

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‘If you feel troubled by #society ’s fixation on producing more and more stuff regardless of whether we need it, then The Affluent Society may offer some comfort.’ Hugh Farmar on J. K. Galbraith.

Read the full article in Issue 25 to find out why . . .

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‘The literary critic of the #NewYorker , Clifton Fadiman, commented, “M. F. K. Fisher writes about #food as others do about #love , only rather better.’” Jane Lunzer Gifford on the writings of M. F. K. Fisher, Issue 13.

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‘From the moment I picked it up I knew it was a work of perfection. It fitted my own experience as seamlessly as a silk glove.’ The late Sebastian Horsley on the #PatrickMelrose books by Edward St Aubyn in Slightly Foxed Issue 5.

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‘Travels with a Donkey filled me with romantic ideas – the independence of the lone #explorer ; the rapport with natural #beauty ; the almost #sacred duty to record experiences.’ Hilary Macaskill on Robert Louis Stevenson in Issue 14.

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‘Greetings from Hoxton Square where we have already begun posting out pre-orders of Adrian Bell’s A Countryman’s Summer Notebook . . .’

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