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Continue reading →: Why Donald Trump should be President
This piece was originally published in the E2D several months ago just after Brexit and before Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as leader of the Labour party in the UK. Although the news it talks of is out of date (Trump’s view on women overtaking the horror of abusing a war…
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Continue reading →: Why we need to embrace the Global Village – TEDx video now online
The title says it all – my TEDx video has finally come online and I’m delighted to share it with you guys here on my blog. The production team – Entilent Media – did a fantastic job and taking my ramblings and making them look like I knew what I…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Stan Gemes – Call of Ancient Love
Stan Gemes’ new album is something rather different to the senses – quite literally. Unusually – given the current trend to remove physical packaging entirely with albums fully downloadable (complete with covers, lyrics and various other digital files) – his album ‘Call of Ancient Love’ is designed to be best…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
I’ll be blunt: if this is as good as crime fiction gets these days, then I won’t be reading any more. I might be a little unfair in saying this and perhaps it’s my annoyance as I was a third of the way through the book as I saw advertising…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling et al
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…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Interested in learning more about this book? Shortform provide a brilliant set of summary notes you will find really helpful. Get your free trial here with 20% off the subscription you use the link. I Think Bill Bryson’s ‘Notes from a Small Island’ was the second book of his I…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English by Oliver Kamm
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 have the Oxford Manual but find that less helpful). Recently I added…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
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…
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Continue reading →: Beer and Biriyani – a new book project
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).…
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