Winter in England by Nicholas Wollaston reviewed
A critical look at Wollaston’s 17 Visits to England in winter. The reviewer lauds the portrait of “humdrum” England and its people, from Ramsgill game keeper Albert to Jumbo Fiske the Lowestoft skipper, showcasing vivid character studies and maritime lore.
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Nicholas Wollaston
England
Wollaston
Albert
Ramsgill
Middlesmoor
Archie Menzies
Archie
Wicholas Wollaston Hodder and Stoughton
Price
Jumbo
Algy
Gundagal
Graham Meekness
Wollaston’s England: Blyth to Liverpool and Beyond
The passage follows Wollaston through Blyth’s coal pits and seaside scenes to Skegness Butlin’s, Ockbrook’s transitional life, an old war veteran in search of place, and Liverpool’s Cavern, to show his quiet love of England and its people and places across a wandering journey.
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Jumbo
Wollaston
Blyth
Costa Brava
Ockbrook
Lawrence of Arabia
Damascus
Peru
Liverpool
Cerne Abbas
Newmarket
England
Scientific Howlers in The Living World Review
A critical review of Rutherford Platt's The Living World notes numerous factual errors across chapters on Venus length of day, atomic theory, and magnetism. The piece praises engaging topics on bees and early life but calls the book unreliable outside its zoology focus.
Oppenheimer and the McCarthy Era Witch Hunt
A UK review discusses Oppenheimer’s rise in physics and wartime leadership at Los Alamos, then details the 1954 security hearing and his ban on access to military secrets. The piece critiques McCarthy era tactics, notes biases in the Brighter than a Thousand Suns account, and calls Australians to read about the scientist’s life.
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Oppenheimer
Los Alimos
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Los Alamos
Institute of Advanced Study
Princeton
Atomic Energy Commission
America
William L. Borden
Joint Committee of Congress On Atomic Energy
Mr Hoover
L. J. Tassie
Robert Oppenheimer
Abdel Rouze
Patrick Evans
Solvenir Press
London
FBI
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Dr Oppenheimer
Personnel Security Board
The
Security Boar
Robert Jungk
United States
Australia
Linus Pauling
They Weren't All Angels and The Night of Purnama Review
Joseph Kessel recalls a life of adventure featuring eccentric figures from Addis Ababa to Vladivostok in They Weren't All Angels. Anna Mathews documents Bali’s Mount Agung eruption and its aftermath with vivid, compassionate detail.
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Joseph Kessel
Strange
Heraie
Fife
Argentina
Ural Mountains
Europe
Asia
Addis Ababa
Afghanistan
Vladivostok
Yemen
Dublin
Erskine Childers
St John Philby
Marcel Reine
Mary
Negus Taffari
Haile Selassie
Albert
Stippa
Joseph. Kessel
Ripert Hart-Davis
Price
Anna Mathews
Jonathan Cape
Gunung Agung
Bali
Australia
Mathews
Iseh
Njoman Rami
Mount Agung
Dennis
Dennis Mathews
The Awful Cook and Handy Man and Dress Maker Books
Three witty how to guides offer practical fixes for kitchen mishaps and DIY disasters. The Awful Handy Man, The Awful Dress Maker, and The Awful Cook explain substitutions and salvage methods for common blunders with humorous tone.
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Sonia Allison
J. Wheeler
Books The Triple Abvels and The Distance Never Changes
Warwick Fairfax reviews The Triple Abvels a serious informed take on Twentieth Century Man and modern mind. Muriel Gantry’s first novel The Distance Never Changes is set in Minoan Crete after Knossos sacking and explores vivid emotions and personalities against a legendary backdrop.
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Warwick Fairfax
Muriel Gantry
Minoan Crete
Knossos
Theseus
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Northumberland
Skegness
Butlin’s
G. J. Aitchison
Living World
Rutherford Platt
Sorvenir Press
Venus
Earth
Vitase
Braddon
Joan Sutherland
Flemming
Golden Gun Walker
Masters ‘Weiss
Verity Hewitt
Garema Arcade
Betty Minchin
Ania
Purranu
By Susan Fuller
Violet KK. Simons
Wolfe Publishing Co
Henry Cecil
Stock Exchange
Lord Cochrane
Garema Place
Canberra
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