Latest...28/08/2024: A review of Swing Time
by Zadie Smith "In 2006 Madonna, that pop superstar with - to put it politely - as much talent for self-publicity as for music, founded a charity to improve the health and education of orphans in Malawi. While visiting the south-east African country, she decided to adopt a male child - and succeeded, despite not meeting the country's legal requirement of a year's prior residency..." More |
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15/08/2024:
A review of How It All Began
by Penelope Lively 
"As writers get older, ideas come less easily, and they can start to caricature their own work. Penelope Lively does it in this novel from 2011..." More
06/08/2024:
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Lee Valley Olympic on three pumps - Video:
Lee Valley Olympic on four pumps. Never let it be said that these videos lack variety. - Photos.
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26/07/2024:
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A review of Claudius the God by Robert Graves
"The second part of Graves' fictional autobiography of the fourth Roman Emperor covers Claudius's own reign. From being an outsider, shunned for his stammer, his limp and his perceived imbecility, Claudius suddenly finds himself the most powerful man in Europe..." More
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The fascinating study of My Kayaks is updated.
22/06/2024:
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09/06/2024:
- A review of A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
"*** NOTE: This review contains spoilers *** If you have watched the television series of The Jewel in the Crown, you will know that Paul's Scott's "Raj Quartet" ends on a dramatic note. In August 1947, with India preparing for the exit of the British government and the subcontinent's division into two new states, violence erupts between Hindus and Moslems across the territory..." More
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05/05/2024:
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24/03/2024:
- A review of The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
"*** NOTE: This review contains spoilers *** Though considerably shorter than the preceding "Raj Quartet" novels, this third installment took me much longer to get through. Paul Scott's psychological penetration and attention to cultural, social and historical detail are as sharp as ever..." More
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21/01/2024:
- Pop CD catalogue updated with acquisitions from the past couple of years.
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02/01/2024:
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Nightpaddling - Video:
River Lune - Photos.
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