Slightly Foxed – The Real Reader's Quarterly

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-0-2
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Jill Paton Walsh remembers her friend Austen Kark and his Attic in Greece • Justin Cartwright reflects on the meaning of animals in fiction • Anthony Perry recalls the strange case of the novel that escaped from Dartmoor • John Keay enjoys a new magical vision of Calcutta • Frances Wood visits Lhasa with Sherlock Holmes • Belinda Hollyer enjoys an exceptional new novel for adolescents • Duff Hart-Davis follows Candida Lycett-Green on horseback across the Yorkshire Dales • Anthony Sattin revisits the Egypt of Waguih Ghali’s Beer in the Snooker Club • Rachel Campbell-Johnston listens in to J.H. Prynne

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-1-9
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Lyall Watson investigates Mr Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder • Tim Mackintosh-Smith revisits Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Greece • Annette Kobak sees England through foreign eyes • Harriet Sergeant finds an odd sort of comfort • Karen Robinson hangs loose in California • Roger Hudson eavesdrops on Gainsborough • Michele Hanson explains why tough men are tough • John Saumarez Smith does a runner • Ursula Buchan gets dug in • Jonathan Self follows his father’s advice • Justin Cartwright explores the world of William Maxwell • Andrew Wall discovers retail therapy

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-2-6
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Trevor Fishlock puts to sea with Joshua Slocum • Anne Boston follows Lesley Blanch to the Wilder Shores of Love • Jane Gardam speaks up for Ann Schlee • Francis King makes his peace with Wyndham Lewis • Rachel Campbell-Johnston touches the void • Derwent May tours Italy with Ruskin • Matthew Reisz meets an imam in Paris • Paul Willetts reflects on the strange career of Julian Maclaren-Ross • Tim Longville recalls the seeds of friendship • Julia Keay goes up the Mekong • Christopher Bird makes a special delivery • Linda Leatherbarrow hears distant harmonies

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-3-3
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Penelope Lively sees Northern Lights • Tim Mackintosh-Smith gets the shivers with M.R. James • David Gilmour revisits books he read as a child • Duff Hart-Davis smells something fishy • Mike Petty takes a trip to old Fleet Street • John Saumarez Smith is rushed off his feet • Christopher Rush pays tribute to the modest bard of Orkney • Irma Kurtz reflects on adultery • Jill Paton Walsh goes behind the Iron Curtain • Anthony Perry faces the end • Emma Tennant takes an unexpected phone call

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-4-0
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John de Falbe meets a princess of Siberia • Ranjit Bolt dons Byron’s mantle • Juliet Gardiner follows the tank’s tracks • Ariane Bankes strikes a baggy chord • Sebastian Horsley hits the high life • Miles Hordern drops anchor in the South Pacific • Katharine Davies cooks for love • Ursula Buchan digs an aristocratic gardener • Adèle Geras discovers drama in suburbia • Jeremy Lewis is lit up by Simon Gray • Patrick Evans runs with the hares

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-4-0
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Dervla Murphy recalls an Anglo-Irish way of life • Clare Morrall takes off with Biggles • Derek Parker experiences verse and worse • Barnaby Rogerson travels hopefully • Colin Martin casts a fly • Malcolm Gluck becomes mittel -European • Peter Oborne hits a six • Sarah Anderson dives in at the deep end • Michele Hanson celebrates the parasite • John Keay meets a very big fish

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-6-4
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Penelope Lively explores the genius of William Golding • Michael Moran entertains his Bulgarian lover • Christopher Hawtree meets a reclusive writer • Miranda Seymour goes orchid-hunting • William Palmer blows Louis Armstrong’s trumpet • Sarah Crowden meets an Edwardian It girl • Derek Robinson rewrites his CV • Justine Hardy follows the south-west monsoon • Rachel Campbell-Johnston gets the creepy-crawlies

ISBN: 978-0-9548268-7-1
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John Saumarez Smith remembers the diarists’ diarist • Fiammetta Rocco joins the Mafia • Sue Gee cooks with a poet • Anne Boston dates Philip Marlowe • Andreas Campomar recalls an improvident youth • Malcolm Gluck spends a weekend in Timaru • Derek Parker enjoys some small talk • C. J. Driver reads an unusual school report • The Book Hound goes stocking-filling

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-0-0
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Christopher Rush brushes up his Shakespeare • Annabel Walker stays on • Christian Tyler finds himself on the front line • Pegram Harrison visits the folks back home • Paul Routledge makes Eastern approaches • Caroline Chapman goes to the dogs • Peter Broad witnesses a revolution • David Eccles illustrates the Book Stealer’s Curse • John de Falbe puts the story into history

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-1-7
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Linda Leatherbarrow goes trout-fishing in America • Paul Evans roams the countryside with Mary Webb while Michele Hanson takes cold comfort • Sophie Masson gets historically romantic • Trevor Fishlock makes the tea • Tim Heald travels to the South China Sea • Rachel Campbell-Johnston goes up the Amazon • Lawrence Sail finds the best of all possible worlds • William Palmer sees ghosts

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-3-1
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Maggie Fergusson revisits Akenfield • Frances Donnelly meets an excellent woman • Jeremy Lewis goes to prep school • Virginia Ironside falls for a hopelessly addicted writer • Amanda Theunissen writes in praise of Modesty • Roger Hudson encounters a notorious baggage • Frances Wood goes dotty over the Dewey system • George Ramsden remembers Alan Clark • Justin Marozzi meets Leo the African

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-4-8
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David Gilmour recalls the Pax Britannica •  Barnaby Rogerson haunts Gormenghast . . . and Sebastian Peake describes growing up with a genius • Kate Berridge delights in the Heptaplasiesoptron • Ariane Bankes goes to the wars • P. D. James meets a tragedy at law • Derek Robinson discovers the pitfalls of plagiarism • Travis Elborough says goodbye to Hollywood • William Palmer witnesses Soames’s second coming • John Saumarez Smith remembers a real reade

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-5-5
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Liz Robinson meets a provincial lady • Rohan Candappa heads for the bunker • Christian Tyler rides a tiger • Ruth Symes takes passage to India • Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson revisits Torcello • Patrick Evans casts a fly • Justin Marozzi goes Dutch • Harriet Sergeant admires a ginger tree • C.J. Wright mourns the passing of a bookseller • Humphrey and Solveig Stone find Arcadia

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-6-2
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Lyall Watson encounters some helpful fellow-travellers • Sue Gee follows the tale of Orlando the Marmalade Cat • Stephen Glain revisits Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria • Charlie Lee-Potter remembers springtime in Paris • Linda Leatherbarrow enjoys a peak experience • Hilary Macaskill tackles the Cévennes with several donkeys • Richard Platt meets a Kentucky barber • Jim Ring admires the view from a periscope • Ysenda Maxtone Graham goes Ladybird-hunting

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-6-2
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Wim d’Haveloose goes walkabout • Josie Barnard visits Oxfam • Jon Stallworthy recalls a golden warrior • Bevis Hillier remembers the Pre-Raphaelites • Ariane Bankes joins the rag trade • Hazel Wood presents a Posy • Peter Gill heads for the hills • Gregory Normington mourns Keats • Richard Platt talks to a Guernseyman

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-8-6
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Grant McIntyre gets caught up in A Dance to the Music of Time • William Palmer raises a glass to Dickens • Julia Keay falls in love with Georgette Heyer • Roger Hudson revisits Kilvert • Michele Hanson quizzes D.H. Lawrence • Jeremy Noel-Tod celebrates 1066 (and all that) • Derek Parker goes Thurber-hunting • Duncan Minshull walks on ice • Antony Wood enjoys the inspired idiocy of the clerihew

ISBN: 978-0-9551987-9-3
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Ronald Blythe inherits a library • Maggie Fergusson celebrates Edwin Muir • Robin Blake does detention with Jennings • Rohan Candappa praises Saki • Annabel Walker ponders Pevsner • Christopher Rush revisits Treasure Island • Hazel Wood reflects on the truth of the heart • Simon Heafield goes up in smoke • Derek Robinson falls in love with modern verse • Sue Gee returns to Warsaw

ISBN: 978-1-906562-01-4
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Sue Gee goes to a party • Clive Unger-Hamilton discovers one helluva hotel • Dervla Murphy returns to the Hindu Kush • Tim Mackintosh-Smith visits a Crimean pet shop • Jeremy Lewis travels without maps • Linda Leatherbarrow praises grandmothers • Jim Ring discovers Swallows and Amazons are for ever • David Spiller switches on his tape-recorder • Chris Bird celebrates a Pole

ISBN: 978-1-906562-03-8
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Rachel Campbell-Johnson recalls her Wilder moments • Christopher Robbins anatomizes courage • Anne Boston does a midnight flit • Richard Ingrams meets an early ecologist • Grant McIntyre examines the eyesight of wasps • Oliver Pritchett walks the London streets • Ruth Symes captures the castle • Jeff Nicholl finds an eagle in his attic • David Platzer outdoes James Bond

ISBN: 978-1-906562-05-2
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David Spiller rereads a remarkable correspondence •
Rohan Candappa meets the Wild Things • Maggie Fergusson raises three cheers for Mrs Harris • Trevor Fishlock takes the train to Pakistan • Frances Wood makes a statement • Michele Hanson pursues love • Richard Hughes recalls a Knight to remember • Ariane Bankes does some housekeeping

ISBN: 978-1-906562-07-6
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Robin Blake discovers the revolutionary world of Molesworth • Karen Robinson meets an American hero • Jennie Erdal finds the perfect antidote to the current gloom • Dan Jacobson sees darkness at noon • Tim Longville minds his own business • Penelope Lively celebrates a late beginner • Christopher Robbin washes the dishes • Daisy Hay embarks on a brilliant career

ISBN: 978-1-906562-10-6
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Richard Ingrams delights in fictitious elephants • Christian Tyler dons his corduroys • Frances Donnolly takes a train to Istanbul • John Keay celebrates the Indian novels of R. K. Narayan • Jonty Driver watches things fall apart • Clive Unger-Hamilton runs a rogue male to earth • Rowena Macdonald jumps the fence with Riddley Walker • Charles Elliott unmasks some book crooks

ISBN: 978-1-906562-12-0
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Amanda Theunissen heads for Chinese Turkestan • Alice O’Keeffe goes Cuban • Jeremy Lewis unearths the missing will • Ashley Harrold celebrates a very minor poet • Michele Hanson trails after Humphry Clinker • C. J. Wright saves the Punch table for the nation • Linda Leatherbarrow finds food for free • Jeremy Noel-Tod and Robert Macfarlane go night-climbing in Cambridge

ISBN: 978-1-906562-14-4
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Maggie Fergusson drops in on 84 Charing Cross Road • Quentin Blake and Travis Elborough celebrate the fox • Oliver Pritchett recites rude rhymes in the bath • Grant McIntyre recalls another self • Roger Hudson cherishes Mr Pepys • Michael Barber returns to the murky world of Eric Ambler • Andrew Lycett reads a double life • Sue Gee visits a little house at the edge of the wood

We’re thrilled to have Quentin Blake as our Winter 2009 cover artist.

ISBN: 978-1-906562-15-1
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Belinda Hollyer finds an orange grove in Florida • Christian Tyler stops at Eboli • Lawrence Sail takes the high path • Michele Hanson meets a bounty-hunter • Ashley Harrold goes literary speed-dating • Rohan Candappa escapes to Brendon Chase • Hugh Farmar asks if enough is enough • Laurence Scott gets out his Observer’s book

ISBN: 978-1-906562-17-5
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P. D. James visits a house in Flanders • Ben Hopkinson praises his outboard motor • Rowena Macdonald tries self-sufficiency • John Keay goes up the Nile • Frances Donnelly learns about survival • Peter Hobday returns to the Empty Quarter • Penelope Lively lives through the dog days • James Fergusson finds a diary in the attic • Christopher Gibson remembers Mr Simmons