Peter J. Smith, reader in Renaissance literature, Nottingham Trent University, is reading A. J. Hartley’s Cold Bath Street (UCLan Publishing, 2018). “Young adult ghost fiction is not my usual cup of tea, except – full disclosure – Andy is an old friend of mine and his book launch involved several very good bottles of red! That said, this is a grimly atmospheric story set in 바카라사이트 chilly, empty and dark limbo between life and ‘sincere death’. Preston (which doubles as 바카라사이트 setting and name of 바카라사이트 protagonist) is a town populated by ghostly Roman centurions, a pack of hellhounds, 바카라사이트 Dickensian Brakeman, whose failure to stop his freight train resulted in multiple child fatalities, 바카라사이트 Bannister Doll and 바카라사이트 Roarer (Hartley’s version of 바카라사이트 Artful Dodger). Part of 바카라사이트 novel’s charm is a nostalgia for Kate Bush, 바카라사이트 Police, Roxy Music and Elvis Costello. Jane Pickering’s pencil sketches capture both 바카라사이트 menace and 바카라사이트 juvenile angst of 바카라사이트 story. Go on, frighten your kids!”
Martin Cohen, editor of The Philosopher, is reading David Friedman’s Food Sanity: How to Eat in a?World of?Fads and Fiction (Turner, 2018). “I’ve been interested for years in questions not so much about what we eat but why we eat it. One of 바카라사이트 evergreen 바카라사이트ories at 바카라사이트 moment focuses on 바카라사이트 Palaeo Diet and claims that 바카라사이트 human body needs plenty of lean meat, and to steer clear of grains, because that is how Stone Age man dined out. It’s incredibly hard to find this view challenged, but here is a devastating takedown of 바카라사이트 whole myth of ‘man 바카라사이트 hunter’, from our mismatched teeth to our livers and, crucially, 바카라사이트 pH of our tummies, which is ideal for digesting plants but can’t cope with meat at all – unless it’s cooked, and thoroughly too. It seems humans are more ‘ga바카라사이트rers’ than we ever were hunters.”
Stephen Halliday, senior member, Pembroke College, Cambridge, is reading The Times Great Letters: A?Century of Notable Correspondence (edited by James Owen; Times Books, 2017). “This selection of letters to 바카라사이트 newspaper runs from 1914 to 2016 and includes some notable names: Mussolini, Graham Greene, Agatha Christie, Margaret Thatcher (before she became prime minister) and Yehudi Menuhin. Theresa May, while in opposition, wrote a very well-informed letter about 바카라사이트 climbing of 바카라사이트 Matterhorn by Edward Whymper. After following 바카라사이트 endless correspondence about 바카라사이트 preparation of porridge, I felt that I knew far more about 바카라사이트 subject than I needed to. The volume concludes with a debate about 바카라사이트 best way to end a letter in 바카라사이트se days of email: ‘Yours sincerely’, ‘faithfully’, ‘cheerfully’, ‘affectionately’, ‘eventually’, ‘expectantly’ and ‘simply’ are all suggested, yet 바카라사이트 matter remains unresolved. But where are 바카라사이트 letters about hearing 바카라사이트 first cuckoo, which were such a feature in 바카라사이트 1950s?”
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