The Promise by Damon Galgut is a captivating read that captures the essence of life at a time straddling apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. This is a wonderful story of […]
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Life & Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee – 1983 Booker Prize Winner
The 1983 Booker winner takes us to South Africa at the time of the Civil War there. This is a truly exceptional book which, at times, reminded me of Steinbeck. […]
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A Dark Study In The Confines Of A Dysfunctional Jewish Family I have said previously that Booker winners usually give insights into other cultures and/or countries and The Elected Member […]
Read more“Something to Answer For” By P.H.Newby – 1969 Booker Prize-Winner – A Highly Entertaining Romp
“Something to Answer For” delivers on all fronts. Rich use of language and colourful characters, combine with themes of mental disarrangement and comic scenarios to make a highly entertaining and […]
Read moreDiscover The Booker Prize & The Best of The Winning Books
Aware, of course, of the Booker Prize and also that I had, by chance, read a few of the winning books, I recently embarked on a personal project to read […]
Read moreThe Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt
The Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt is a wonderfully engrossing book which manages to tread a fine line between being fun, informative and educational without being patronising. If you […]
Read moreHow to Date Ordnance Survey Maps
Do you have OS maps you are struggling to date accurately? Although almost all OS maps have a date printed somewhere in the margins it is often not immediately obvious […]
Read moreHow to Date Bartholomew’s Maps
John Bartholomew & Son Ltd published maps from the early 19th Century until the company was finally purchased in 1989 and became subsumed into the Harper-Collins publishing group. Although they […]
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