Ben Goldacre “Bad Pharma”- book review
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John Le Carré’s “The Constant Gardner” – book review
I read it at breakfast, lunch and any other possible time I could find during the day… Continue reading John Le Carré’s “The Constant Gardner” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s “The Shadow- Line” – book review
A man should stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience, and all that sort of thing. Why – what else would you have to fight against? Continue reading Joseph Conrad’s “The Shadow- Line” – book review
Mindset by Carol Dweck – book review
I was really impressed by the contents of this book. Continue reading Mindset by Carol Dweck – book review
David Hume’s “Selected Essays” – book review
Hume was a skeptical infidel who had a fondness for the middle-class. Continue reading David Hume’s “Selected Essays” – book review
Kit de Waal’s “My Name is Leon”
I came across this book completely by coincidence. I had an awkward gap between meetings and seminars at the London Book Fair and I saw that Kit de Waal was speaking at the time. I knew she writes for The Guardian occasionally, so I decided to trot along to the talk. It was interesting enough for me to buy her debut book My Name is Leon. … Continue reading Kit de Waal’s “My Name is Leon”
The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla – book review
The Good Immigrant is a collection of 21 essays by BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic writers) exploring what it’s like to be an ethnic minority in the UK. As in all essay collections, (they share this strange quality with boxes of chocolates), there are some essays I love to bits, and some that left me with nothing more than a vague sense of appreciation. It’s … Continue reading The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla – book review
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois – book review
I wasn’t quite sure what I expected when I first picked up The Souls of Black Folk – but I certainly did not expect to encounter quite as many statistics… W.E.B. Du Bois wrote his PhD, The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, at Harvard, and his scholarly apparatus is in evidence in his essays examining “the problem … Continue reading The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois – book review
Stephen Fry’s Mythos – book review
I listened to Stephen Fry’s Mythos as an audiobook – a version I highly recommend, as it is read by the author himself. I ended up listening to Mythos because I had a few credits on Audible that I had to spend very quickly, as I had decided to unsubscribe. Stephen Fry’s retelling of the Greek myths was on the bestseller list and I … Continue reading Stephen Fry’s Mythos – book review
Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express”- book review
This was my first Agatha Christie novel! Continue reading Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express”- book review
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