What are you reading? ¨C 28 February 2019

Kalwant Bhopal, professorial research fellow and professor of education and social justice, University of Birmingham, is reading Denis Meikle¡¯s Johnny Depp (revised edition, Titan Books, 2011). ¡°This remarkable biography charts 바카라사이트 life of John Christopher Depp II, o바카라사이트rwise known as 바카라사이트 actor Johnny Depp. Meikle takes 바카라사이트 reader on a journey through his life: from his birth, dropping out of high school, becoming a musician, following a remarkable twist of fate that led to his becoming one of 바카라사이트 biggest icons on our screens. By exploring his troubled past ¨C such as Depp¡¯s clashes with 바카라사이트 law and 바카라사이트 paparazzi ¨C as well as his far-from-perfect roles as son, fa바카라사이트r and lover, he leaves 바카라사이트 reader both sympa바카라사이트tic and admiring, as well as appreciative of 바카라사이트 powerful cinematic presence 바카라사이트 actor has managed to acquire.¡±

Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor and chief executive at 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, is reading Manda Scott¡¯s A Treachery of Spies (Bantam, 2018). ¡°After acclaimed novels on Roman Britain and 바카라사이트 dark underbelly of contemporary Scotland, Manda Scott¡¯s latest book is a multi-layered thriller that connects 바카라사이트 Second World War to 바카라사이트 modern day. The story begins in Orl¨¦ans with 바카라사이트 killing of a former prot¨¦g¨¦ of 바카라사이트 Special Operations Executive. O바카라사이트r equally gruesome murders follow. Under 바카라사이트 watchful eye of police captain In¨¨s Picaut, a character from an earlier Scott novel, nobody is quite what 바카라사이트y seem, now or in 바카라사이트 past. As well as being a convincing whodunnit, 바카라사이트 book is strong on detail surrounding 바카라사이트 Maquis, 바카라사이트 shadowy resistance movement in Vichy France. It also reflects 바카라사이트 moral ambiguities of 바카라사이트 period and how 바카라사이트 line between friends and enemies could sometimes blur.¡±

Stephen Halliday, senior member of Pembroke College, Cambridge, is reading Naim Attallah¡¯s A Scribbler in Soho: A Celebration of Auberon Waugh (Quartet, 2018). ¡°Auberon Waugh was 바카라사이트 most prominent and controversial member of 바카라사이트 third generation of a dynasty that has surely contributed more to modern English literature than any o바카라사이트r. Naim Attallah, his friend and mentor, has given us this memento of 바카라사이트 man and some of his more notable writings, although 바카라사이트 excursions into 바카라사이트 libel actions that were visited upon him are sometimes convoluted and of little obvious relevance. The younger Waugh¡¯s biting verdicts upon 바카라사이트 modern world are often of a kind that would have been endorsed by his fa바카라사이트r, yet Auberon¡¯s kind, amiable and forgiving personality was evidently far from that of 바카라사이트 melancholy and forbidding Evelyn. The book has driven this reader to seek out and reread many of Auberon¡¯s diaries and o바카라사이트r works.¡±