Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley – Chapter 5
Maurice
March 25, 2026
And so on. A ‘Savage’ in the new world. Read for you by Maurice
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Maurice
March 25, 2026
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley – Chapter 4
Maurice
March 16, 2026
The story continues. The plot thickens. The world doesn’t get any sunnier! Read for you by Maurice
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley – Chapter 2
Maurice
March 2, 2026
Huxley paints a broader picture of the way humanity could develop in the future: Family life is profane, only the common good is worth preserving, segregation equals happiness. Read for you by Maurice Newman
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Chapter 1.
Maurice
February 23, 2026
This book gives us a dystopian view of the 21st Century from an early 20th Century viewpoint. Published in 1931, Huxley’s book tells us that being worried about the future in a world where technology has gone mad is nothing new. Let’s…
Just William 6: A Question of Grammar
Maurice
February 13, 2026
William’s interpretation of the ‘double negative’ leads to chaos. Read for you by Maurice Newman
Just William by Richmal Crompton. Number 5: The Show
Maurice
February 6, 2026
William and friends decide to raise funds by putting on a show. The venue? William’s house. Disaster? Waiting in the wings. Read for you by Maurice Newman.
Just William by Richmal Crompton. 4: The Fall of the Idol
Maurice
January 30, 2026
William is at it again! Another of Richmal Crompton’s wonderful stories about a young man who isn’t naughty, isn’t evil, isn’t in any way deliberately unpleasant to anyone or any thing. He’s Just William! Read for you by Maurice Newman.
Just William, by Richmal Crompton, 3: William Below Stairs
Maurice
January 23, 2026
William runs away and accidentally finds employment in a grand house. He’d prefer to be a pirate, but he’ll do it in stages. Read for you by Maurice Newman
Just William, by Richmal Crompton: 2 – Willam the Intruder
Maurice
January 19, 2026
Willam, in the guise of an American Indian chieftain, interjects himself between his older brother Robert and Robert’s latest life-long love. Read for you by Maurice Newman
Just William, by Richmal Crompton: William Goes to the Pictures
Maurice
January 12, 2026
William, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary imagination, goes to the cinema. These stories are set in the era of silent film, and children who are supposed to be ‘seen, but not heard’. The times were different, but children remain ruggedly independent…
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome (Omnibus edition – Chapters 10-19)
Maurice
January 8, 2026
The concluding half of this famous Victorian comedy novel, read for you by Maurice Newman