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Just read Alexander Baron's The Human Kind, the 3rd in his war trilogy ( shop.iwm.org.uk/collections/... ), all of which I've read this year after discovering him through his later London novel, The Lowlife. Very affecting and gripping writing. #books #alexanderbaron #iwm

Cover for the novel King Dido by Alexander Baron

Have any of you read 'King Dido' (1969), which a friend tells me is almost as good as 'The Lowlife'? #AlexanderBaron #Booksky 📚💙

12:30pm TODAY on @ITV4

From 1984, s1 Ep 1 of 📺 “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” - “A Scandal in Bohemia” directed by #PaulAnnett & written by #AlexanderBaron

Based on #SirArthurConanDoyle’s 1891 short story📖

🌟 #JeremyBrett #DavidBurke #RosalieWilliams #GayleHunnicutt

8pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

From 1970, s2 Ep 3 of #GranadaTV #WW2 #Drama📺 #AFamilyAtWar - “A Lesson in War” directed by #BobHird & written by #AlexanderBaron

🌟 #KeithDrinkel #DavidSwift #BryanMarshall #MichaelBlackham #RichardOrlowski #StefanGryff #EdmundPegge #CliffordRose

8pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

From 1970, s1 Ep 11 of #GranadaTV #WW2 #Drama📺 #AFamilyAtWar - “Brothers in War” directed by #MichaelCox & written by #AlexanderBaron

🌟 #ColinDouglas #ShelaghFraser #ColinCampbell #CoralAtkins #LesleyNunnerley #BarbaraFlynn #KeithDrinkel #DavidDixon

The Lowlife by Alexander Baron Longstanding readers of this blog will be aware of my love of the great British boarding house, a setting that provides writers with all manner of possibilities for interesting fiction in a seedy, …

From the archive for Alexander Baron, #BornOnThisDay in 1917, my thoughts on THE LOWLIFE, a wonderful evocation of post-war London life.

If, like me, you love novels featuring boarding houses, you need to track down this book! #AlexanderBaron #BookSky 💙📚

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I started reading There’s no home by Alexander Baron. It’s set in Sicily and the opening chapter is British Infantry moving into Catania at the end of the Sicily campaign. I used a well known photo for reference
#ww2 #alexanderbaron #imw #classicnovel #sicily #catania #art #history

Another #StokeyLitFest event another church. About to hear SIX people talk about the novels of #AlexanderBaron #HowWeLiveNow I’ve been looking forward to this one. The lectern admonishes me.