Images of Dubai. July 2015. (This was a business trip, but on the last day managed to see Burj Khalifa and look around the mall.) “The United Arab Emirates, sometimes simply called the Emirates or the UAE, is a country located in the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman […]
Here are six novels with such power and clarity that they remain a constant in the memory. Three of them have only been read once, but will be read again in the future. The others have been enjoyed several times (*) and their brilliance remains undimmed. It was tough to get the list down to […]
A review of Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will. Review Number: 3 Review Date: 30 April 2015 Title: Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) Director: Leni Riefenstahl Stars: Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Julius Streicher Country: Germany Release Date: 1935 Genre: Propaganda Film “When our party had only seven men, it […]
Images of Chepstow Castle. April 2015. “Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gwent), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it […]
Images of Gloucester. April 2015. “Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. It lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately 51 kilometres (32 miles) north-east of Bristol, and 72 kilometres (45 miles) south-southwest of Birmingham. “It was founded in AD […]
Letters from a senior devil to a junior. A review of C. S. Lewis’ satirical The Screwtape Letters. Review Number: 5 Review Date: 5 April 2015 Title: The Screwtape Letters Author: C. S. Lewis Country: United Kingdom Publication Date: 1942 Genres: Epistolary Novel / Satire Let me lead you into temptation. C. S. Lewis’ concise […]
Forgotten, but by whom? Not by me and maybe not by you if you’re a music aficionado. Anyway, here are ten great albums that are worth a listen if you like to discover something new (or jog your memory). They’re in chronological order and standout tracks are on offer to whet your appetite. 1971: The […]
Bram Stoker may well turn in his grave if his Gothic masterpiece ‘Dracula’ was promoted with this kind of press release. Local solicitor provides legal support to Romanian immigrant Local solicitor, Jonathan Harker, working for his employer, Peter Hawkins of Exeter, is pleased to announce that he has been hired by a Romanian nobleman who […]
If Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ was promoted by a PR agency with a penchant for dull press releases, the result might look something like this. American sea captain announces his intention to pursue white whale American seafarer and Quaker, Captain Ahab, 58, announced that he and his crew on the whaling vessel, the Pequod, will, with […]
The road to work is paved with a thousand rejections. My quest to find a full-time job in the shrinking journalism industry. With the last throw of the dice, and after 20 months of searching and a thousand job applications, I finally secured a full-time reporter job. This event hasn’t just happened. This isn’t breaking […]