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Saturday 24th November 2012

2009

Wolf Hall

Author : Hilary Mantel

Summary :
The rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell adviser to Henry 8th (and great grandad of the later Cromwell ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 24 Nov 2012

Review of "Wolf Hall"

Two minor annoyances - the way it is written makes it hard sometimes to work out who is speaking, and the story of Cromwell has little dramatic tension - he just rises. But very good evocation of character, time and place.


Saturday 10th November 2012

2010

Chavs

Author : Owen Jones

Summary :
The demonisation of the working class since 1978 and its social ill effects for all

Reviewed by Roger, on 10 Nov 2012

Review of "Chavs"

Yes, I agree. Now what's to be done?


Wednesday 3rd October 2012

2011

The Great Night

Author : Chris Aidan

Summary :
A dream of midsummer night in San Fransisco while the faeries come out to play

Reviewed by Roger, on 03 Oct 2012

Review of "The Great Night"

and they kept on dancing, though the band's all packed and gone - were they every here at all, but they kept on dancing...


Tuesday 25th September 2012

2007

Goethe's Science of Living Form

The Artistic Stages

Authors : Nigel Hoffman, Craig Holdrege

Summary :
A presentation of ideas drawn from Goethe's approach to wholistic science with a practical example
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Reviewed by Roger, on 25 Sep 2012

Review of "Goethe's Science of Living Form"

Interesting way of going beyond intelectual scientific alienation from the subject (cf the Theodore Roszak book)


Thursday 20th September 2012

2008

The Blue Fox

Author : Sjon

Summary :
Iceland

Reviewed by Roger, on 20 Sep 2012

Review of "The Blue Fox"

Short, slightly poetic, hard life in snowy wastes of iceland


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