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…]
Books
Book Review
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…]
Arts
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…]
History
Se non è vero, è ben trovato………
“Had he not wrapped himself in a discarded cloak, Ulysses would have frozen to death at Troy. Our hero’s host, Eumaeus the swineherd, hears the story and gets the hint: He loans Ulysses a cloak, [more…]
Book Review
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…]
Authoritarianism
Means of Communication and Suppression
The seed of this article came from this site, I was like many other GPers a poster on GF until banned, whether SB knew what he was creating I don’t know but he is to [more…]
Book Review
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…]
Book Review
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…]
Book Review
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…]