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Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches by Colin Shindler – Review
By Karl Hornsey Colin Shindler first came to my attention, as he did for many sports fans, thanks to his ... -
Holding Her Breath by Eimear Ryan – Review
By Emma Stamp When Beth Crowe starts university in Dublin, she is shadowed by the ghost of her potential as ... -
Languages of Loss: A Psychotherapist’s Journey Through Grief by Sasha Bates – Review
By Ceri Saunders It is mere coincidence that I am passed Sasha Bates’ book to review on the approach to ... -
A Year Full of Flowers by Sarah Raven – Review
By Gail Schuster Many people will be familiar with Sarah Raven, having seen her on television in the BBC’s Great ... -
How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford – Review
By Karl Hornsey I’d been labouring under a misapprehension about Tim Harford that I’ve only just realised is completely false. ... -
The Unforgiven: Mercenaries or Missionaries? by Ashley Gray – Review
By Karl Hornsey There are two sporting teams from the early 1980s that still fascinate me to this very day. ... -
The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler – Review
By Richard Mansfield This book has its origins in the author’s ambiguous feelings towards her father, Kurt Schindler, a less ... -
China by Edward Rutherfurd – Review
By Sandra Callard The book is huge, heavy and unwieldy. It has no illustrations and the print is relatively small. ... -
Valhalla by Alan Robert Clark – Review
By Sandra Callard Alan Robert Clark’s biography-cum-novel centres on Mary of Teck, who became the wife of King George V ... -
The Woodcock by Richard Smyth – Review
By Sandra Callard A sensitive and beautifully written tale set in a 1920’s England that is still recovering from the ... -
Waiting by Richard Kelley – Review
By Liam Bird I have a photo of Niki Lauda stored on my phone. I saw it one day when ... -
What Am I Bid? by Philip Serrell – Review
By @Roger Crow I’ve spent more lunchtimes than I can remember watching Bargain Hunt; usually the last 15 minutes when ...
