Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Harry Potter. The whole franchise: the books which I came to as an adult when a student recommended them to me and gave me the first four books as a… Read More Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling et al
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I Think Bill Bryson’s ‘Notes from a Small Island’ was the second book of his I ever read. I loved his (short) book on Shakespeare and so began his famous critique of the British culture… Read More Book Review – The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English by Oliver Kamm My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oliver Kamm is my new god. At least where the so-called ‘rules of grammar’ are concerned anyway. For a long time, my sole useful guide to grammar and style which sat on my desk was Fowler’s (I also… Read More Book Review: Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English by Oliver Kamm
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson My rating: 4 of 5 stars ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man’ is, in a nutshell, a Swedish Forrest Gump with bombs. Allan Karlsson is a gentle, peace-loving Swede with no political interest whatsoever yet over the course of his life finds himself in… Read More Book Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
I’m delighted to announce my latest book project – “Beer and Biriyani” which is the working title of a book I’m writing with my good friend Jesmin Chowdhury. Jesmin is a wonderful example of how friendships over the internet can blossom and be rewarding (something I’ve experienced many times over). We met several years ago… Read More Beer and Biriyani – a new book project
By Ken Powell (originally published in the Egremont 2Day newspaper) I WROTE last time about the security issues travelling around Bangladesh on my trip last February. These aren’t imagined dangers and they’re not just aimed at foreigners either. While we were out in the villages enjoying the best home-made curry in the world, we were… Read More Report on Bangladesh Part II – Those who have no TV to hide behind
Originally published at the Egremont 2Day newspaper in March 2016 By Ken Powell ken@egremont2day.co.uk Part One WELL I survived my trip to Bangladesh – did you miss me? No, never mind, better I don’t know! You may recall my nerves about going last month. Things are a bit volatile over there at the moment, with… Read More Walls or Bridges? A Two-part report on Bangladesh
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