Cinematic Images in Personal Critical Anthology Review
A review of David Thomson’s A Biographical Dictionary of the Cinema and related titles from Secker Warburg. It highlights Thomson’s opinionated essays, lists of selected biographical entries, and the book’s lively, combative voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Thomson
New England College
New Hampshire
Secker & Warburg
John Ford
John Sarris
Roy Armes
Brian Jeffrey
Love and politics among the aristocrats in late Britain
Two biographical portraits of William Pitt Melbourne and Henry John Temple Palmerston examine private lives and public power. Dorothy Marshall and Denis Judd place Melbourne’s stormy marriage, Victoria’s tutelage, and private liaisons beside Palmerston’s long foreign policy tenure and scandalous bachelor image, tracing their influence on nineteenth century governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. P Taylor
Melbourne
Cokes
Melbourne Hall
Derbyshire
William
Lord Egremont
George
Caroline
Bessborough
Marshall
Crim
William IV
John Conroy
Victoria
Palmerston
Gladstone
Dr Judd
Sobers shines in Bailey tribute and West Indies cricket excels
Trevor Bailey hails Gary Sobers as a transcendent cricketer whose ability to give pleasure to all observers defines his standing. The piece reviews Sobers's career, his records and influence, and notes his potential future as an ambassador for Barbados and West Indies cricket, alongside reflections on Worrell and Caribbean greats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trevor Bailey
Benaud
Sobers
Bailey
Gary Sobers
Don Bradman
Melbourne
Gary
Gary Subers
Sir Gary
Collins
West Indies
Gordon Ross
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Rohan Rivett
Crea
Arth
Frank Worrell
Worrell
W. J.oreilly
Bowle
Arthur Morris
Geoff Boycott
Bill Lawry
Ian Redpath
Seaman
Bridgetown
George Headley
Lear
Constantine
Everton Weekes
Collie Smith
Clyde Walcott
Ross
Greg Chappell
Asimov’s telescope history spans stars to space race era
The review surveys Asimov’s telescope history tracing optical and mechanical advances from Galileo to large space telescopes and graviton telescope ideas. It notes strengths in clear explanations of discovery and limitations from scarce diagrams to limited southern-hemisphere coverage and a final chapter framed as an America versus Russia space race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asimov
Galileo
Hans Lippershey
Rutherford
Joseph Webber
Regime based on slaughter a study of Nepal's Ranas
Peter Mayne recounts how the Rana family forged a hereditary autocracy in Nepal after a 1846 massacre at Kathmandu's Kat Palace. The book links royal history with Mayne's Himalaya travels, Rana kinship, and the 1950 revolution that restored the king's authority, reshaping Nepal's politics and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Mayne
Marrakesh
Nepal
Kat Palace
Kathmandu
Jung Bahadur
Birendra
India
Himalayas
Prince Jagut
Princessoorie
Deb Shum Shere
Delhi
Bombay
Indian Department of Education
Maharajah Deb Sham Shere
Setat
Chandra
Deb
London
Maharajah Deb
Mussoorig
Maharajah Jung Bahadur
Nana Sahib
Cawnpore
Mussoorie
Soon Saan
Jumna
Jagat
Rana
Sir Jung Badabur Rana
Jung
India Office
Mayne
Prince ‘Mussoorie
Espionage in Dual Role by Helen Macinnes review
A detailed espionage novel summary follows NATO and Russian intelligence stakes after a top secret memorandum is stolen. Brad Gillon and Tony Lawton navigate a web of double agents, with Tom Kelso and Dorothea entangled, leading to Menton and a sea confrontation. The book blends realistic spy craft with tense, globe-spanning intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pla al Dace
Helen Macinnes
William
Collins
NATO
Sandy Murray
Brad Gillon
Tony Lawton
Tom Kelso
Dorothea
Moscow
KGB
Menton
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Thomson
Sweden
Hawks
Renoir
Ford
Kubrick
Max Ophuls
Kim Novak
Victor Mature
David Lean
John Gilbert
Ava Gardner
Lonarro da Vinci
Bruno Nardini
David Gram
Adriana Saviozzi Mazza
Laughton
Ursula Andress
Alfred Hitchcock
Victor
WC Fields
Charles Dickens
Wilkie Collins
Lumiere Brothers
Muybridge
Marey
Edison
Dickson
Walt Disney
Paul Terry
Andrew Sarris
Columbia Universe
Bresson
Tati
Robbe-Grillet
Pasolini
Makavejen
Straub
Armes
Frank Frazetta
L'il Abner
Pan Books
Chris Mayger
Mayer
Canberra Times
Lord Melbourne
Dorothy Marshall
Weidenfeld& Nicolson
Denis Judd
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Colin Hughes
University of Cambridge
Pitt
Aberdeen
Lord Cupid
Lady Cowper
Europe
Old Pam
John Bul
The
James Lick
William Herschel
Roger Pulvers
Hanover
Germany
Great Britain
Herschel
Isaac Asimov
Andrew Deutsch
Bodley Head
J. S. Richardson
Laura Bell
Jay
Regent Street
Rana Sahib
Rick
Aick
West
Shandon Will
Patladin
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