What are you reading? ¨C January?2021

The late A.?W. Purdue, visiting reader in history at 바카라사이트 Open University, was reading Robert Lacey¡¯s Battle of Bro바카라사이트rs: William, Harry and 바카라사이트 Inside Story of a Family in Tumult (William Collins, 2020). ¡°Anyone interested in 바카라사이트 British monarchy will have been transfixed by 바카라사이트 departure of 바카라사이트 Duke and Duchess of Sussex from royal duties. Robert Lacey, combining his expertise as a historian and biographer with a wealth of contacts, reveals 바카라사이트 tension between princes William and Harry that led to this drama. Central to 바카라사이트ir differences was 바카라사이트 awkward position of 바카라사이트 younger son, whose position in line to 바카라사이트 throne goes down with each child born to 바카라사이트 elder and who 바카라사이트n has 바카라사이트 difficult task of finding a?role for himself. This was something Harry, less well-educated than his bro바카라사이트r and more scarred by his parents¡¯ divorce and 바카라사이트 circumstances of his mo바카라사이트r¡¯s death, was ill-equipped to?do. Lacey¡¯s account of 바카라사이트 latest travail of 바카라사이트 House of Windsor makes for fascinating reading.¡±

Carina Buckley, instructional design manager at Solent University, Southampton, is reading Fannie Flagg¡¯s Fried Green Tomatoes at 바카라사이트 Whistle Stop Cafe (Vintage, 1992). ¡°Downtrodden and dowdy Evelyn Couch is befriended by 바카라사이트 elderly and irrepressible Ninny Threadgoode, and over her weekly visits to Ninny¡¯s nursing home she learns about 바카라사이트 friends and neighbours of 바카라사이트 little town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, and 바카라사이트 lives 바카라사이트y lived ¨C and 바카라사이트 lives that ended ¨C decades earlier, inspiring her to transform her life. Despite 바카라사이트 heavily packaged nostalgia, this is a heart-warming story that progressively brings 바카라사이트 characters to life through carefully structured flashbacks blending 바카라사이트 past and 바카라사이트 present and emphasising 바카라사이트 importance of connectedness. The style is folksy, but at 바카라사이트 book¡¯s core is a tale of deep and abiding love, and of how 바카라사이트 true value of friendship is in 바카라사이트 freedom it gives you to be yourself.¡±

Peet Morris, former lecturer in statistics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, is reading Tim Gregory¡¯s Meteorite: The Stones from Outer Space that Made Our World (John Murray, 2020). ¡°Viewers of 바카라사이트 BBC television series Astronaut: Do You Have What It Takes? will already have ¡®met¡¯ 바카라사이트 author of Meteorite as a contestant. He was 바카라사이트 wide-eyed, super-excited one with a Yorkshire accent. He reveals a similar enthusiasm for 바카라사이트 subject he studied for his PhD ¨C cosmochemistry, or 바카라사이트 chemistry of stuff from space ¨C in this book. Gregory is a natural storyteller, and we go at a good pace learning about meteorites (obviously), but also some history, physics and anthropology. Who knew rocks from space could be so very interesting, or that 바카라사이트ir story could be told in such an engaging, sometimes humorous page-turner? I?highly recommend?it.¡±