Chris Mills

LATEST ARTICLES ( 240 )

• Landing News and a Progress Update

  

  As I am sure many people know, the nice folks running the Grafton Media Blog Awards Ireland have recently announced the shortlists. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 BOOKS

• The Best Science Book of All Time*: The Periodic Table

  

  As I explained in a previous post, the latest book that I have been tackling here on the Landing is Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table (or Il Sistema Periodico in... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Monk-ish Tech Support for Reading Luddites (pre Ereaders)

  Here is a little something book-ish (and tech-ish) as we are nearing the end of the ‘silly season’. You will, from the subject of this posting perhaps get the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landing Progress (or Lack Thereof) Report

  

  It is time to return to my self-imposed task of reading my way through the ‘Landing Eight’ selection. After several literary distractions (of which more below) ... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• From Landing to Walls: Romans and Rows in Chester

  

  Chester Guide The landing has been rather quiet of late as I have been away for a few days. On my travels, I spent a day in Chester for the first time in many... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunflowers and Pips: from the Landing to the Garden

  

  Home grown sunflower As a heavy rain shower has just stopped play (or rather work) in the garden I now sit diligently in front of my computer waiting for... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Buchan on Film

  

  As I mentioned previously, I watched one of the film versions of John Buchan’s classic adventure after reading the book. The Hitchcock re-telling was one of my... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Landing Field Trip: Literary Graveyard Visiting in St Nahi’s Churchyard

  

  Before I get stuck into my latest post I want to thank all of the people who have followed this blog so far. I am very grateful for the vote of confidence and... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More on the ‘Landing Eight’ and a Report on the Budding Arts File

  

  Since my last post I have been busy getting stuck into The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan so I will shortly be well on the way to ticking off another title... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Centuries Old Mystery: Josephine Tey and Richard III

  

  Cast your minds back to my last post with the bucket list of books featured. I did say that I would be tackling them ‘in no particular order’ but the one I... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Glimpse of the Task Ahead: Some Tasty Titles

  

  A friend has given me a suggestion for a blog topic, so I am basing this piece on that feedback (thanks Teri!). Never let it be said that I fail to listen to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 BOOKS

• A Tale of Four Sisters: Revisiting Little Women

  

  The March familyA few posts ago, I mentioned that I had bought a biography of Louisa May Alcott at the Trinity College Booksale. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 BOOKS

• Studying the Shelves: Part I

  

  I have arrived at a point where I have become extremely sidetracked into reading books other than those on the landing, so I thought I’d do a quick tour to... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 BOOKS

• Yet Another Detour from the Landing: Heroines of Education

  

  This post came about because I have been reading a couple of biographies at the same time: one about the Crimean heroine Mary Seacole (Jane Robinson) and the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 BOOKS

• An Enlightening Journey with the Traveller of the Century (Andrés Neuman)

  

  Traveller of the CenturyAfter my last post, which featured the Q and A with Argentinian/Spanish writer Andrés Neuman here is my piece on his novel Traveller of... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 BOOKS

• Traveller on the Landing: Andrés Neuman Answers Some Questions

  

  1, You have been featured on the list of Granta‘s Best Young Spanish language novelists and on the Bogotá 39 list. Do you feel that these lists achieve the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 BOOKS

• Author on the Landing Bookshelves: Andrés Neuman (Traveller of the Century)

  

  By no stretch of the imagination can I claim that Traveller of the Century has been lurking unread on the (admittedly over populated) landing bookshelves,... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 BOOKS

• Stories and Storytellers: Musings on the Importance of Stories

  

  While tidying up some old files I came across a piece I had written last year for a guest blog spot on the topic of stories. As it seemed to fit with the theme... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 BOOKS

• Georgette Heyer: Doyenne of the Regency Period Novel

  

  Georgette HeyerFor Christmas, I bought my mum a copy of Jennifer Kloester’s Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller, about one of my all time favourite... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 BOOKS

• A Dickens of a Challenge: a Little Light Relief

  

  My book challenge has just taken a useful turn, as the members of my book club (all four of us) have decided to read Charles Dickens this month as a contributio... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 BOOKS