My reading life as a book reviewer, 1985 to 1992 When I left university, I thought, “Great. I will never have to read what other people want me to read.” No more Walter Scott’s Waverley and no need to finish Nostromo. Life is to…

Freed from the shackles of the student reading list, the next phase of my reading life was as a book reviewer.

Some of the highlights were books by JL Carr, Martin Amis and Peter Carey.

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My reading life as a student, 1978 to 1985 In this series of posts, I am reviewing my reading life (not my Reading life). Since my early reading life, I have kept a list of nearly 1,500 books I’ve read since 1978. Each year, I choose …

My reading life as a student went beyond my set books like Nostromo and Walter Scott's Waverley.

My 'free reading' started my lifelong obsession with George Orwell, Mervyn Peake and Graham Swift.

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My early reading life On Friday afternoons at Middle Street School, our headmaster would smoke his pipe and do a general knowledge quiz with us. I liked the sweet smell of his pipe smoke (this was the 1970s) and of succ…

In the first of a series about my reading life, I talk about my early books from Professor Branestawm, Wind In The Willows and Winnie the Pooh #books #BookSky alexwhitewrites.com/2025/11/21/m...

Skallagrigg by William Horwood

My interview with William Horwood about his novel Skallagrigg.

The film starred Richard Briers, Bernard Hill, Ian Dury, Billie Whitelaw, Jamie Beddard and Nabil Shaban and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama in 1995.

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'Agent Manning' was voted out at the roundtable as a Traitor by the clueless board.

Now Norwich City Faithful Stephen Fry must choose between Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Allen Carr, whose dad used to be a football manager.

Who would you choose?

#NorwichCity #OTBC #NCFC #Traitors

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The changing language of disability I was once introduced at a webinar as “Alex White who has been talking about the language of disability before it was fashionable.” By which they meant until the webinar ma…

Looking back at an article I wrote in the @nujofficial.bsky.social NUJ magazine The Journalist in 1999, I've just posted a blog about the changing language of #disability

Sufferer and wheelchair-bound may be on the way out.

But what about brave and inspiring?

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World Cup hero and @canaries.co.uk legend Martin Peters has ghosted in at the back post of the Philip Pullman book.

How we could do with him v @swfc.co.uk at Hillsborough tonight! #NorwichCity #Football

The Book of Dust: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman

Really looking forward to starting the journey of the final volume of The Book of Dust: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman.

I'm surprised @foliosociety.bsky.social classes Pullman as 'Young Adult' in their recent catalogue.

Genres don't matter, I suppose.

#Books #BookSky

The Library: A Fragile History book in Reading library

The Library: A Fragile History is a fascinating survey of how these precious community resources have been burned, banned, looted and neglected. Treasure your local library! #Books #BookSky

Bill Clinton's book "Giving: How each of us can change the world" in a bag of charity donations

There is still time to donate items to #disability equality charity Scope.

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Tamworth pigs at Knepp

It was great to visit the @kneppwilding.bsky.social and the Tamworth pigs on a glorious sunny Saturday, The best book theme park ever! #books #BookSky #Knepp #Rewilding

Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby

Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby is an unlikely pairing of poverty, prodigy and prolific production (4 million published words and 8,000 unreleased songs) in a slim purple volume #books #BookSky

Hatchet Job by Mark Kermode

I've just finished Hatchet Job by @kermodemovie.bsky.social , a threnody to the film critic. Film criticism is alive and kicking as long as the Kermodian rant survives! #NotDeadYet #books #BookSky

Alison White (no relation) is a mother of a child with #CerebralPalsy. Her Letter to Louis, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social is shocking about the callousness or perhaps carelessness of people’s reactions to a mother with a disabled child. #Books #BookSky - link in my bio

We need a maximum working temperature Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of illnesses....

We need to see the law changed, so that employers and workers know when action must be taken to keep workers cooler and safer. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

Second-hand book dealing: how not to make money My mother was a second-hand book dealer. She sold gardening books by post from various rented flats in Brighton in the 1970s.

My mother was a single mother in the 1960s who tried to make a living from selling second-hand #books alexwhitewrites.com/2025/08/08/s...

The Hidden Hut, Porthcurnick Beach Found tucked away along the coast path near Portscatho on the remote Roseland Peninsula, the Hidden Hut is a special spot to enjoy freshly cooked food out in the sea air…

Glad to see that Pierhead Hotel at Port Appin and the not-so Hidden Hut at Porthcurnick Beach, Cornwall made the feast for the senses guide in ipaper today #food www.hiddenhut.co.uk

Join The Big Butterfly Count 2025 to support butterflies The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is taking place between 18 July and 10 August. Create a Wild Space to tackle the butterfly emergency.

The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is taking place between 18 July and 10 August.

Sitting in a sunny spot for 15 minutes is a perfect mindful moment. Get involved!

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Why you you should pay writers for their creative work Why writers and photographers should get paid for their work. Why creative work should make profits for authors, not Artifical Intelligence tech giants.

Should writers get paid? Spoiler alert: yes. My new post talks of @nujofficial.bsky.social #AI, JL Carr, JK Rowling, Patrick White, Public Lending Right, @bigissue.com, @priceoffootball.bsky.social PinkUn #books #GetPaid alexwhitewrites.com/2025/07/25/s...

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