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Travels around Japan

During my 6 months, I travelled far and wide throughout the country. There are many more places I’d like to…

The English Understand Wool

Stop what you’re doing and bury yourself in the 60 enticing pages of Helen DeWitt’s latest, The English Understand Wool.…

Japan: a reading list

‘Fun and slightly informative’ Shogun by James Clavell One of my favourite books, this is a gripping epic set in…

The Best Food in Japan

Disclaimer: there are (almost) no bad restaurants in Japan. These are my personal favourites: Ramen There are several famous ramen…

6 months later: Learning Japanese

I’ve been consistently working away at learning Japanese over the past 6 months. For how to get started yourself, see…

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About Me

Hi, I’m Rupert. Here you’ll find literary book reviews and some hopefully useful materials about studying English and Law at University. I have also written two study series, one on writing a Dissertation and one on Anki flashcards, and a series about living in Japan.

I’m currently doing a series of reviews for the 80-book Penguin Little Black Classics set.

I hope you enjoy and do let me know if there’s anything else you’d particularly like to see!

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