Friday, September 18, 2026

The Coral Bones, by EJ Swift

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Three woman, separated by 250 years, are drawn to the same stretch of the Great Barrier Reef. In the present day, marine biologist Hana Ishi...
Monday, September 14, 2026

Arise to Conquer, by Wing Commander Ian Gleed, DFC

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A friend recommended this extraordinary first-hand account of the Battle of Britain by one of the Hurricane pilots, written soon after the e...
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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Jean Steps Out, by Jean Kitson

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Published this month, Jean Steps Out: The Memoirs of a Yorkshire Actress in Rep 1946-1959 is an account by Jean Kitson (1928-2020) of her y...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Written by Terrance Dicks book launch, 25 November

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The Portico Library in Manchester will host the launch of my new biography, Written by Terrance Dicks , on the evening of 25 November. I...
Friday, September 11, 2026

The Great Dictator, by Matthew Sweet

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The Dr and I had a lovely time this week in That London, at the launch for this new biography of Barbara Cartland by our pal Matthew. It was...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

The Masters, by CP Snow

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First published in 1951, this is the fourth of Snow’s “Strangers and Brothers” novels, which chart the life of lawyer and scholar Lewis Elio...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Star Trek 4, by James Blish

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Star Trek is 60 years-old today, sort of. Over the weekend of 1-5 September 1966, its pilot episode The Menagerie was shown to attendees o...