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Triumphs and Turkeys

A recent comment that good books often turn into bad films set me thinking.

Books about the Second World War written during the war fascinate me.

We are well into series three (of six) of Downton Abbey.

Patrick, Sir Patrick, Leigh Fermor is a much admired 20th century literary idol.

You do not need to be a Sinophile to enjoy Echoes from Wuhan.

To Rishi or not to Rishi, that’s the question.

It was a warm afternoon in London yesterday. Fortunately I was at the London Irish Centre in Camden and cooled off in the bar with a friend.

I hope Louis de Bernières remembers what he wrote in 1994.

Some books have memorable openings, none more so than Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.

“If you buy one more book this year, do make it To War with Whitaker” wrote Dirk Bogarde in The Daily Telegraph in 1994. His advice holds true today.