Chris Mills

LATEST ARTICLES ( 240 )

• An Interview with Karen Vaughan…

  

  Chris Mills:This post from Daniel Seey’s blog is an interview with one of my colleagues, graphic designer Karen Vaughan. When I discovered from reading this tha... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• When Omar Met Julie: Doctor Zhivago on Film

  

  I’m still reading Doctor Zhivago, having been side tracked by a couple of other books along the way. As I was getting further into the book, I realised that eve... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books Books Books

  Chris Mills:This post hails from far away from The Landing Book Shelves – Mombasa in fact. Anna, the daughter of my bookseller friend Natalie is teaching there... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Musings on Tolstoy’s Women

  

  First edition, 1869Now that I’ve finished my mammoth Tolstoy reading challenge, I’ve been trying to come up with an angle for a blog post on War and Peace... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Doctor Zhivago: More Russian Literature

  

  My Christmas Present…This reading year is beginning briskly with Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago (Vintage Books) which is a new resident on the Landing Book... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Christmas Classic: A Christmas Carol

  

  I hope you are all enjoying the Christmas break and managing to fit in a spot of reading in between dealing with the left-over turkey and stuffing. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Christmas Decorations on The Landing

  

  This is just a quick post to give you some idea of what The Landing Book Shelves look like at Christmas. This is also just in case some of you doubt that the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lewis Chessmen and Noggin the Nog

  

  Last Saturday afternoon my daughter and I went along to one of the National Gallery of Ireland’s regular showings of made for television art documentaries.... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Day of Advent

  

  This time last year I was just embarking on my Advent Calendar challenge for the Landing Book Shelves but this year’s December won’t be as bustling. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More on the War and Peace Challenge

  This short War and Peace post is a diversion from the actual text of the novel, being a clip from the 1956 film version of Tolstoy’s novel. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another Bit of Memoir: The Perils of Travel

  

  Now that Christmas is nudging a little closer, my thoughts have been turning to sorting out the logistics of popping over to see my parents. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The First Bulletin on War and Peace

  

  As I’m sure my readers will be pleased to know, my War and Peace challenge is making relatively good progress. Note that I’m hedging a bit here by using the wor... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Witchy Halloween Poem

  

  This is my small contribution to the Halloween festival, in the form of a poem taken from a poetry book called The Story Witch and Other Rhymes that my sister... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tolstoy: The Next Landing TBR Pile Challenge

  

  Cover shows detail from ‘The 1812 Retreat – The Battle of Borodino’ by VereschaginI promised you an announcement on the next stage of the Landing Book Shelves... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Finally There: The Frontenac Mystery by François Mauriac

  

  An evocative scene..‘Before beginning a novel I re-create inside myself its places, its milieu, its colours and smells. I revive within myself the atmosphere... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Open House Dublin: #LandingExcursion Time Again

  

  As fellow fans of architectural Dublin will know, Open House Dublin fell in the first weekend of October (Friday 4th – Sunday 6th). Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Landing Bonus Book: The Herbalist by Niamh Boyce

  

  He just appeared one morning and set up shop in the market square. It was drizzling. Everything was either a shade of brown or a shade of grey. He was the... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Catching up with Naipaul: In a Free State

  

  Next choice…In this country in Africa there was a president and there was also a king. They belonged to different tribes. The enmity of the tribes was old, and... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Landing Eight Re-Visited

  

  It has now been at least a year since I began reading through what came to be known as the Landing Eight selection. If you remember, (assuming that you have bee... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #LandingAuthor: Louise Phillips

  

  A Brace of ThrillersHere as promised is Louise Phillips to add a touch of darkness to The Landing as she answers a couple of my questions about delving into los... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE