Monthly Archives: December 2016
Best of 2016
Well, 2016 has been rubbish, but let’s try and pick out some more positive things from the year: Fiction – Doctor Who – Shada, by Gareth Roberts / Douglas Adams Non-Fiction – 1946 – The Making of the Modern World, … Continue reading
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I’ve got a bad feeling about this
Most of the spoiler-free comment I’ve seen has been very complimentary about Rogue One; I’m afraid I found it adequate but uninspiring. (Spoilers ahead)
The Master of the Game was Lionel Blair
Book Review: Welcome to Just A Minute, by Nicholas Parsons Oops, wrong panel game, though in fact there is an anecdote in here involving Nicholas Parsons, Lionel Blair, and Fanny Craddock. This book has two purposes – to explain the … Continue reading
Spend what is left after Saving
Book Review: China and America – A Time of Reckoning, by Charles Dumas There’s a book-swap shelf at work and unsurprisingly, although there’s a range of general material, there are quite a few more specialist books in the realm of … Continue reading
Blitz Spirit
Book Review: The Secret History of the Blitz, by Joshua Levine I imagine there are so many books on this subject it must be difficult to produce anything original. Whilst we may think of people sleeping on Tube platforms and … Continue reading
Dutch at Dulwich
Yesterday we went to Dulwich Picture Gallery to see the Adriaen van de Velde exhibition. In comparison to some of the other exhibitions I’ve seen there over the past few years, it was a bit underwhelming, with a rather small … Continue reading
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The Way We Save Now
Book Review: Empire of the Fund – The Way We Save Now, by William A Birdthistle I picked this up recently in a work book sale. At a glance I wondered at its American bias, but thought it would probably … Continue reading
First and Second Law (of Thermodynamics) 