Author Archives: Adam Randall

Emotional Ambience

I recently returned from my very first trip abroad. Needless to say, it was an absolutely wonderful experience – so much so, that there’s no way I could do it justice in just a single blog post. I’ll no doubt … Continue reading

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Maximum Pleasure

I recently thought to myself, “Why are there so many songs that seem to be about delicious food, but are actually just about sex, but none that are the other way around?” Then I thought that if I wanted that … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

This, one of Charles Dickens most iconic novel, provides a human-level perspective of the French Revolution. The story spans the two cities in the title (London and Paris) and shows how the impacts of the revolution were far reaching enough … Continue reading

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry

This children’s novel tells the story of the author meeting an alien prince after crash landing in the Sahara desert, and it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read. Often I read children’s literature and I enjoy it, … Continue reading

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Utopia by Thomas More

Something about finding progressive values in really old pieces of work always puts a smile on my face. It can be a reminder that what may be considered new and radical today, has probably actually been around for hundreds, if … Continue reading

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Keynotes by Mary Bright

This was another of the books in the Reclaim Her Name series, where works by female authors which were published under male pseudonyms are finally released under the author’s real name. Keynotes was originally published under the name George Egerton, … Continue reading

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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women and its follow-up Good Wives (which are often just considered as a singular piece of work, collectively called Little Women), make up one of my favourite stories in classic literature. The third book in the series, Little Men, … Continue reading

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Top 10 Fun Ways Celebrate the Coronation

As loyal subjects to our glorious (and dare I say, devilishly handsome) king, we’re all going to want to celebrate the coronation this weekend. This is probably going to be the most exciting and significant day in our pathetic little … Continue reading

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Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb

In this sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween, we’re given an account of how Batman and Robin first met, and of how the events of the first story took lasting tolls on all the characters involved. In many ways, it’s … Continue reading

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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow is a book that’s known to have been an influence on H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos, so going in, I expected the stories in this collection to be fairly similar to Lovecraft’s own, but … Continue reading

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