Monday May 29, 2023 at 12:25pm
Another Mile to travelBy Keith JeffriesA book of Poetry divided into several sections. The theme is of the life we live today and what we owe to those men and women who gave their lives in two world wars. These brave and noble souls bought our freedom with their lives. We have a debt of gratitude. The opening section of the book deals with war, the various aspects of conflict and the ugliness and pain which is endured. The book then, with further poems, covers those times in our lives when ....
Friday May 19, 2023 at 12:22pm
The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in FloridaMartin Amis, the influential author of era-defining novels including Money and London Fields, and the memoir Experience, has died at the age of 73 at his home at Lake Worth in Florida. His wife, Isabel Fonseca, said that the cause was cancer of the oesophagus.Amis was among the celebrated group of novelists including Salman Rushdie, Ian ....
Wednesday May 17, 2023 at 8:25am
Another Mile to travel by Keith Jeffries | 9781803028194 (feedaread.com)A book of Poetry divided into several sections. The theme is of the life we live today and what we owe to those men and women who gave their lives in two world wars. These brave and noble souls bought our freedom with their lives. We have a debt of gratitude. The opening section of the book deals with war, the various aspects of conflict and the ugliness and pain which is endured. The book then, with further poems, covers th....
Thursday May 11, 2023 at 8:27am
Beauty and Grace by Rory McQuillan | 9781803028149 (feedaread.com)The school year is just about to end and for Thomas, Martin, Robert and Steven, the summer months promise so much. They are confronted with the new pressures and desires that arrive when adulthood starts to begin. Along with many of their classmates, they pin their hopes of pleasure, happiness and social status, on a big party planned for the last day of school. However, reality proves to not be as simple as their daydreams and th....
Tuesday May 2, 2023 at 8:29am
GB News breached the broadcasting code when it allowed Naomi Wolf to repeatedly compare Covid-19 vaccinations to mass murder without being challenged.The US author made an appearance last October on GB News’ Mark Steyn show and claimed that the vaccine rollout amounted to a premeditated crime, saying it was comparable with the actions of “doctors in pre-Nazi Germany”.On Tuesday the media regulator, Ofcom, said it was particularly concerned by Wolf’s “significant and....
Thursday April 20, 2023 at 10:41am
A Pacifist's War By SONIA WATERFALLIt was September 1939, war had been declared and conscription was in place. A young man from a Quaker family who had been born and bred in the Yorkshire Dales, roaming the hills in freedom, now had a life-changing decision to make. The decision he made took him through the Battle of Crete, capture, almost four years in POW camps and the Long March across Europe as the war ended. This is Sid's story, told mainly through his letters and other original docume....
Friday March 10, 2023 at 4:40pm
Official figures show £9,982 was spent per 1,000 people on libraries by central and local government in England, Scotland and Wales last year, down from £11,970 the year beforeView More
Friday March 3, 2023 at 12:20pm
Things we love about books: The smell on opening The rustle as you turn a page Being swept away to far off worlds Seeing into another’s soul The feeling you've made a new friend Losing all sense of time The fire it ignites within you Repeating it all over again...
Friday February 24, 2023 at 6:49pm
"The call for entries for the 2023 round of the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize is now open. Since 1988, the Royal Society has championed outstanding popular science writing and authors. Each year, our panel of expert judges choose the book that they believe makes popular science writing compelling and accessible to the public. The winning author receives a prize of £25,000 and will join notable names including Bill Bryson, Stephen Hawking, Camilla Pang,....
Tuesday February 7, 2023 at 1:25pm
Flashman's WinterBy Robert BrightwellThis book fills in two gaps in Flashman’s career, hitherto uncovered by his memoirs. The bulk of this volume is taken up with Flashman’s adventures in what was then Prussia, but which now comprises Poland, Russia and the Baltic states. In 1806 Prussia declared war on France and in a disastrous campaign lost most of its territory. Russia was forced to come to its aid and Britain too sent observers to assess how to help. Flashman joins this mis....