Friday, 14 February 2025

Petition for a referendum on the assisted dying bill and/or proper Parliamentary scrutiny of the bill.

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  This was the state of play on the evening of 14/02/2025   Amanda Hunter's Parliamentary Petition may be found here:  https://petition....
Saturday, 25 January 2025

Book Review of The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sosuke Natsukawa.

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* * * * *   Nobody is alone when they help somebody else.   (This review is based on a review copy from the p...
Saturday, 4 January 2025

Book Review of The Spy in the Archive by Gordon Corera

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 * * * * * (This review is based on a review copy from the publisher.) This is a competent telling of the life, work and motivations...
Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Book Review of the CIA Book Club by Charlie English

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 * * * * * Lessons we need to learn for the future from the past successes and failures of the CIA (This review is based on a rev...
Monday, 28 October 2024

Book Review of Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

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 * * * * *   A Locked Room Murder mystery novel where every conclusion is reached.   (This review is based on a review copy from the p...
Monday, 30 September 2024

Film Review of Dr Aseem Malhotra’s First! Do No Pharm

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 * * * * * The film: This is a documentary by a well-respected senior cardiologist about medical and business ethics and the ways in wh...
Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Book review of Bibliotherapy by Molly Masters

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 * * * * Reading list system for keeping your head (and heart) together. (this review is based on a review copy from the publisher)  ...