EJBarnes

The e-book now out: mybook.to/H8XUb7

On the anniversary of her death. Alison Uttley: the classic author more sinned against than sinning open.substack.com/pub/ejbarnes/p…

Christmas with Mrs Woolf and Mr Keynes. Link in bio.

@questingvole The worst claims are that she was responsible for the tragedies she endured. ejbarnes.substack.com/p/part-3-of-th…

@questingvole I've heard it, yes, but I'm trying to remember the source. Will come back to me! She was spiky for sure. She also lived a long and difficult life and that explains some of the prickles.

Fair reproach, and a v interesting blog. Thank you!

There's much else in the book I love - not least the inclusion of Judith Viorst - "some days are like that, even in Australia" – but the Uttley page made me wince.

it's part of a bigger hatchet job on Uttley, which has led to her being widely monstered, e.g. described as "a cookie full of arsenic" as Leith does. It's a shame, not least for the childhood fans whose memories of her books are now tainted. 2/2

It's a shame @questingvole;s much praised The Haunted Wood has perpetuated the idea of an Alison Uttley/Enid Blyton feud. I did some digging into that not long ago: substack.com/home/post/p-14… I'd also argue 1/2

There's a real Detectorists treat tonight on BBC Two from 10pm A short documentary - Mackenzie Crook Remembers... Detectorists, followed by the first episode and the 2015 Xmas Special Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎅 @NetflixUK @BBCiPlayer #Detectorists

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Inspired by @RebeccaSolnit's book Orwell's Roses, my latest post looks at the unexpected parallels between Orwell and another twentieth century giant, JM Keynes. This includes their optimism in the darkest times.

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In the pursuit of offence-less discourse, we are enabling a creeping censorship that denies us the power of free thinking. 🖊️ @hannahsbee on free speech in Britain #Echobox=1727275010" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newstatesman.com/politics/socie…

@GrahamWatson73 It was a great read!

Thank you @EJBarnesWrite for this wonderful and considered review of my biography of Charlotte Brontë! #charlottebronte #elizabethgaskell ejbarnes.substack.com/p/part-1-of-th…

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A wonderful reimagined version of Virginia Woolf’s short story What's That Mark on the Wall? A Dryly Humorous Short Film Plunges into One Imagination's Quest for an Answer — Colossal thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/the-ma…

It seems to me that the political literature of the 1980-90s is so utterly unrelated to today, while the literature of one hundred years ago sounds like it was written yesterday.