War isn’t beautiful “War wasn’t beautiful at all. It was the ugliest thing I had ever seen and it made me do the ugliest thing I had ever done. The real story of war wasn’t about the firing and the fighting, some Boy’s Own adventure of goodies and baddies. It wasn’t about sitting around in […]
Archives for September 2012
Platform Shoes
Mysterious Email Messages And A Pair Of Platform Shoes…?
Sherbet dib-dabs, The Sweeney, bubble lamps and watching Top of the Pops every Thursday evening… Fond memories of the 1970s and a hankering for a simpler, less complicated world were the inspiration for this contemporary short story. Platform Shoes by Marie Savakis will transport the reader on an intriguing and unique journey, through an amusing and compelling look back into life in 1970s Britain. [Read more…] about Platform Shoes
Of miscegenation, race and redemption – two South African novels
“Miscegenation – n. The inter-breeding of people of different races. – Origin C19: formed irregularly from L. miscere ‘to mix’ + genus ‘race’ + -ation (Concise Oxford English Dictionary)” “Unrestrained sexual intercourse between the black and the white races is … a crime of great magnitude, for it is the self…
Tony McGregor» Books
The Impossible Museum
On 1 October Prestel publishes The Impossible Museum: The Best Art You’ll Never See by Celine Delavaux. [Read more…] about The Impossible Museum
Clarus Press Publishes Neighbours and the Law
Clarus Press has launched the first publication in Ireland to deal specifically with the range of legal issues that arises between neighbours. The newly published law book entitled “Neighbours and the Law” provides an up-to-date analysis of neighbourhood law guiding the reader through the many intricacies and pitfalls. [Read more…] about Clarus Press Publishes Neighbours and the Law