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Christmas mentions
Christmas reading from TSL – books which mention Christmas for any time of the year. Some come with a warning – they are not the lighthearted reads you might expect about Christmas. Facts, Folklore...
Military links
Apart from obvious non-fiction books about war, aspects of concflict are often found in books. Here is a selection where the military features in some way or other. Wilbur Smith – The Burning Shore...
Egyptian writers
Egypt conjures up images of pyramids and mummies, wide ranging desert and the Nile River. Little does one think of its literary heritage despite the first library being opened in Alexandria, Egypt> In more...
Insight into an actor’s world – Antony Sher
I first came upon Antony Sher when he was performing Titus Andronicus in South Africa. His frustration at South Africa’s attitude to Shakespeare I took to be a rant especially as we’d been to...