Malaysia in a tight squeeze
A critical review of K G Tregonning’s Malaysia volume, noting space limits for nine Malay states and Singapore, plus several oversimplifications on Singapore merger, British and Australian roles, and the book’s limited yet useful digest of Merdeka and merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Fitzgerald
Australian National University
South-east Asia
Malaysia
Perak
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Pahang
Johore
Kedah
Perlis
Kelantan
Australia
Tregonning
Malaya
Borneo
New Guinea
Australian New Guinea
Fly Away Peter and Simple Joy by Gwen Hutchings
Review notes Frank Dickens dramatic use of colour and background in Fly Away Peter. Giraffe Jeffrey unhappy with a short neck befriends a bird unable to fly. They find a solution through play and friendship, with simple dialogue and Ralph Steadman illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Ralph Steadman
Frank Dickers
Frank Dickens
Dodson
Jeffrey
Kipling
Drama of C P Snow works staged as theatre
The Affair and The Masters, directed by Harold French, ran in 1961 and 1943, and The New Man by John Clements closed in 1962 after 79 performances. The review discusses Snow’s Strangers and Brothers novels, their university setting, the two cultures clash, and the challenges of translating novels to stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Snow
Harold French
John Clements
Snow
Joyce
Kafka
Woolf
Lawrence
Whitehall
Treasury
Cavendish
Barford
Harwell
Lewis Eliot
Eliot
Raissoneur
Scientis
Hiroshima
Lewis
Martin
G.B.S
Millar
London
Royal Shakespeare Company
Osborne
Luther
University
Bvo
Royal Shakespeare
Richard TH
Oxbridge
New Pan Paperbacks and Classics on Sale
Pan paperbacks and reprints listed with prices from 1/ to 9/ including Funny Howlers Funny Peculiar The Saint Around the World The Gun Anarchists in Love Season of Fear Herbs for Health and Cookery Green Fields of Eden Jalna Whittocks reprints and The Crucified City all circulated from 1962 to 1970 era publishers and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denys Parsons
Edgar Wallace
Jean Leroy
Leslie Charteris
C. &. Forester
Colin Spencer
Brighton
Guy Owen
Claire Loewenfeld
Philippa Back
Eden
Francis Clifford
Spain
Jalna
Young Renny
Mary Wakefield
Mazone
Roache
Whittcocks
Peter van Greenaway
London
Better Than Biggles Better Than Biggles
Zarubica chronicles a claimed 1944 espionage hoax through Abraham B. and a German mistress, blending Cold War era reflection with a 1965 binding. The tale links Copenhagen intrigue, Calais deception, and a German Abwehr collapse to question truth behind wartime myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Zarubica
Germany
Nazi Germany
Copenhagen
Abraham 8
Madrid
Kastruip Airfield
Abraham B
Fuehrer
Calais
Normandy
Somerset Maugham
Martha McKenna
Abwehr
Hitler
Biarritz
Womin
Chateau la Roche- Guyon
Paris
Marshall von Rundstedt
Britain
Look
Adolf Hitler
Martin Bormann
Carlo
Carlo Bormann
Arabica
Ralph Ingersoll
James Bond
Bavaria
Biggles
War Office mind
A critical review of Robert Hornby's War Office mind, noting his background as a press spokesman and PR adviser. The critique questions claimed influence figures and reliance on Royal Commission sources, suggesting the book offers a shallow view of the press and better sourced material exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornby
War Office
Cairo
Nasser
Col. Hornby
Cecil King
International Publishing Corporation
Lord Northcliffe
Royal Commission On the Press
Lord Francis William
New Slatesman
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. G. Tregonning
Cheshire
Australian Institute of International Affairs
K.G. Tregonning
New Zealand
Professor Tregonning
Trengganu
Pening
Malacca
Singpore
Sabah
Sarawak
Raffles
University of Singapore
Singapore
Civil Service of
Gwen Hutchings
ZYG Bookbinding Works Pty. Ltd
Streat
Frehwick
C.T
Tha Naw James Bo
the Man With the
Golden Gun
Law Fleming
H. Conquest
Nancy Phel Peg Bracken
Angus & Robertson Ltd
Green Square
Kingston
East Row
Civic Centre
C. P. Sito
NEW Pan
Mladin Zarubica
Collins
Ladin Zarubica
Stockholm
By Mark Stead
the Press IN Modern Society
Robert Hornby
Frederick = Muiller Ltd
Archbishop of Canterbury
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