Rock & Pop are such relatively youthful art-forms that Your Correspondent still finds himself surprised by how swiftly the music of his adolescence (1983-1989) has begun to look a little sepia-toned round the edges. (Presumably one’s parents came to feel the same way about A Hard Day’s Night…) In referring to the ‘look’ over the […]
Read MoreA fine piece by David Collard in the TLS last month made note of the current revived interest in the writings of the remarkable Gerald Kersh, six of whose titles we now offer in Finds. Forty-five years after he left us Kersh still suffers from little better than the ‘large, vague renown’ Orwell famously ascribed […]
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Faber Finds is honoured to have in its care a dazzling selection of the non-fiction works of the late Ian Hamilton (1938-2001). His in Search of J.D. Salinger we re-published back in 2009, but as of now we look forward to bringing back a regular procession of his finest titles across the latter half of […]
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Amid the considerable and deserved publicity for the recent Channel 4 TV adaptation of William Boyd’s Any Human Heart, Boyd himself took the opportunity to restate the importance to the novel’s inspiration of William Gerhardie, who apparently provided the key model for Boyd’s fictional ‘Logan Mountstuart’. As Boyd told the Guardian, ‘Gerhardie published his last […]
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Within Glasgow city there are a large number of properties which vary in age and size from older listed buildings to brand new builds such as student apartments. When It comes to Property Maintenance Glasgow has a number of challenges that buildings in other areas may not necessarily face to the same extent. Especially properties […]
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Learning to drive can be expensive. Many people turn 17 and want to be on the road ASAP. However, the cost of drawn-out lessons can be a killer. Therefore, it’s important to looks for answers and alternatives. We have decided to lay out the costs of learning to drive in an easy and simple format. […]
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Within the gig and event industry professional Event Staffing Solutions are essential to ensure that a gig , festival or event runs smoothly and efficiently. There are a number of different types of event staffing that can assist with events such as Production crews , security , hospitality staff , medical staff , Ticket […]
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I am hungry for your presence. I hanker for the great blaze of your glance which when you turn it on me, will burn out the husk of my body and draw my soul to you…’ Julia O’Faolain’s second novel, first published in 1973, offers a rich, vivid portrait of the political and religious turmoil […]
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Golf Buggies Scotland – A Brief History Golf Buggies are an invention that changed the nature of golf and how it can be played. it brought both advantages to the game. The Golf buggy first made an appearance around the 1930s when it was designed for people with disabilities. However Golf bugBie sales never really […]
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The various remembrances for Nina Bawden, who died at the end of last month, make fine and instructive reading both for those who have loved her writing and those yet to make the discovery, who will be very much edified, I expect, to learn what a splendid woman she was. The Independent’s Boyd Tonkin praises Bawden’s ‘unfussy excellence’ […]
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