Recent News

22/08/2019:

• A review of Michael Palin's first volume of diaries

"These diaries largely consolidate Michael Palin's status as the "Nice One" among the Monty Python's Flying Circus crew. When there were disagreements and tensions, it was he who stepped in as mediator, and he took up more than his share of the slack left by his less reliable co-stars - in particular Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle..." More

• A guest review of The Bridge over the Drina by Ivo Andrić

  "If asked to name a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature it seems unlikely that many, at least in western Europe and North America, would immediately come up with the name of Ivo Andrić, the 1961 laureate. This is unfortunate, not just for literary reasons, but also because, as a recent biography by the German journalist Michael Martens shows, his other life in politics was extremely remarkable, even by the standards of the twentieth century..." More

• A guest review of Le Rapport de Brodeck by Philippe Claudel

  "On the evidence of numerous recent books and films, Germany and especially the Nazi era remain an important subject for French writers and film makers. One example is the 2009 television series Un village français which depicts life in a northern village under the German Occupation..." More

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Old photos from the summer of 1989

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06/08/2019:

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Moor	Cruisin' the Washburn

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29/07/2019:

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Yorkshire

Cambridge

Paddling at Lee Valley on the hottest day on record!

Wales

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08/07/2019:

• A review of Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson

  "I suppose an author must be doing something right for me to read three of his books back to back. Notes from a Big Country is a compendium of Bryson's columns for the Mail on Sunday magazine that he wrote after his move back to the States in 1995..." More

• Photos.

Cycling to the county's edge - and beyond!

They can't keep me away - triaging a cycle route to work, on a Sunday

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26/06/2019:

• A review of Neither Here nor There by Bill Bryson

  "After Notes from a Small Island, I was disappointed by this earlier book by Bryson. It is the account of an erratic journey through Europe, and while it has some of the wit of his later works, it has a great deal more of the misanthropy..." More

• Photos.

Yorkshire

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15/06/2019:

• A review of Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

  "This book is so well-known that for a long time I almost felt as though I'd read it. My image of Bill Bryson was of a bluff, upbeat Yankee purveying witty but bland observations on the quaint ways of the British people, unintentionally patronising them with reminders of what a noble, scenic and history-filled island they inhabit, and enjoining them to desist in their self-deprecating ways and to be a bit more openly proud of their country..." More

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East Cambridgeshire

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05/06/2019:

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Cycling out of Cambridge

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01/06/2019:

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Fens	Sea kayaking on Anglesey

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08/05/2019:

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Southern Yorkshire Dales

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