Cabbie Monaco
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Thursday, 11 March 2021
Too many books, not enough time
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There are things that happened to you when you were a teenager, things you had no control over at the time, things that changed the course ...
Monday, 23 November 2020
A Marxist and a monarchist
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The British royal family is an anachronism. Don't you find it odd in the 21st century that one family's wealth, prestige and standi...
Thursday, 22 October 2020
A daft story with a philosophical theme
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Imagine the scenario; climate change and ecological destruction has reached the point where a great catastrophe is about to unfold unless w...
Friday, 16 October 2020
A Dark-Adapted Eye. What's the truth?
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I used to love the telly series Columbo . Peter Falk as the shuffling detective in his rumpled mac knew who'd committed the crime right...
Friday, 2 October 2020
Parson Peters - a life of dishonesty
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The word parson , like matron , brings to mind saucy Carry On films and salacious newspaper headlines. So it was with plenty of nudge-nudg...
Friday, 25 September 2020
A Long Petal of the Sea? Not my cup of tea.
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Our book club choice for August was Isabel Allende's A Long Petal of the Sea , published in 2019. Len and Yvonne are fans of the Chilea...
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Period Piece: charmingly fearful of the lower classes
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It's been difficult keeping Book Club going since March. Some members returned to their native land for lockdown, and most of our group...
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