The Bibliophilic Blogger

"A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short" - Schopenhauer.

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

The Prime Minister Regrets by Nicholas Murray

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The Prime Minister Regrets (October 2022) That smoking gun,  warm in my hand, and the scarlet pool on the tiled floor; the white shirt spatt...
Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Writing Material

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Does it matter what one writes with? Creative writing tutors have their endearing prohibitions and recommendations (write about what you kno...
Monday, 5 September 2022

Bloomsbury Festival. 16 October: Book Now.

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Friday, 22 July 2022

Bookbrowsing

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The unsurprising surge in online bookselling during lockdown was only the most recent confirmation for many that traditional secondhand book...
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Friday, 15 July 2022

Elsewhere: The Collected Poems of Nicholas Murray

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  I am pleased to announce the publication of my Collected Poems, drawing together all my work to date. It is available from Melos Press  wh...
Monday, 1 November 2021

The Spin Doctor’s Lament

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  The Spin-Doctor’s Lament Would that Keir Starmer were more of a charmer: a dab hand at the glad hand like Barack Obama. For politics...
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Wednesday, 9 June 2021

Huxley and Orwell: A New E-Book

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  Huxley or Orwell?  The Battle of the Books. by Nicholas Murray  a talk given at the  Presteigne Festival 23 August 2019   My talk on...
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Nicholas Murray
Presteigne, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
I am a poet and literary biographer.
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