May 2014

The Unexpected Professor

John Carey (http://www.johncarey.org/about.html), English professor at Oxford, controversial commentator, book critic and beekeeper, reflects on a life immersed in literature, from grammar school beginnings to the Oxford establishment. Best-known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, John Carey describes in this warm and

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Twisted

The screen writer of hit television crime series Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3562219/Lynda-La-Plantes-life-story-will-be-vicious.html) is back with another thriller. The summary is as follows. ‘Please don’t let anything bad have happened to her, please don’t let anything have happened to my baby…’ Marcus and Lena Fulford are the envy of their friends. Wealthy, attractive and successful,

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