by globalpro | Jun 13, 2019 | Travel
This latest outing for the government agents tasked with policing pesky space invaders is a charmless and pointless affairIts time once again for what must now be called the Meh in Black, making another intensely tiresome and pointless reappearance, now with Chris...
by globalpro | Jun 9, 2019 | Travel
The house where George Orwell penned his masterpiece, published 70 years ago today, has hardly changed, nor has the brooding and remote Scottish island he lovedThe black typewriter gives a satisfying clack when I hit its keys. The antiquated contraption sits on an...
by globalpro | May 17, 2019 | Travel
In response to a list of the 100 best crime novels that had only 28 female authors, Ann Cleeves, Val McDermid and Dreda Say Mitchell and other leading writers nominate some alternativesWhen the Sunday Times picked its The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey A teenage...
by globalpro | May 14, 2019 | Travel
In a world that is hardening, literature can offer an indestructible place of refuge writes Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small ThingsI am truly honored to have been invited by PEN America to deliver this years Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. What better...
by globalpro | May 9, 2019 | Travel
Fresh from writing his own first sci fi thriller, physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili chooses favourite books that tackle the Earth in perilHaving written a books, I decided three years ago to try my hand at fiction. How hard could it be, I reasoned arrogantly....
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