Arts
Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann
The ‘Flower Moon’ is the term the Osage Indians of Oklahoma use to describe that time of year with a full moon in May when the plains around them suddenly burst forth in millions of [more…]
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Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Lucky Jim was (Sir) Kingsley Amis’s first novel published in 1954. It is the funniest novel that I have read I think, and contains many genuinely laugh out loud passages. Amis was inspired to write [more…]
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Book Review: The Shortest History of England
‘The Shortest History of England’ by James Hawes is not too short and tops the scales at 272 pages. A bright chap, the 64-year-old writer graduated in German from Hertford College, Oxford, and studied for [more…]
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Review: The Pre-Persons
PKD lived from 1928 to 1982, dying aged 53 of a stroke. He wrote Science Fiction – over 40 novels and 120 short stories. His were the stories behind many famous films such as: Do [more…]
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Book Review: The Last Dance by Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham will be familiar to many Puffins as the author and creator of the DI Thorne series of novels (which Sky One based their “Thorne” series on). As a keen reader of crime fiction [more…]
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Book review: Three Lives, by Nigel Parsons
According to amazon, ‘Nigel Parsons was born in an army camp in the South of England and spent many of his early years living in the remnants of the British empire, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, and [more…]
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Book Review: The Jaggard Case
The Jaggard Case is book number 10 in a series written by author J.C. Briggs. Set in Victorian London the series describes the adventures of one Charles Dickens (yes, that Charles Dickens) who has turned [more…]
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Book Review: This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei, Led us too this perfect day. Marx, Wood, Wei and Christ, All but Wei were sacrificed. Wood, Wei, Christ and Marx, Gave us lovely schools and parks. Wei, Christ, Marx [more…]
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‘Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?’ By Chris van Tulleken
Ultra-Processed Foods have been getting a lot more press recently and I’d been wanting to know more about the subject beyond the few articles I’d read and this book seemed as good as any. The [more…]