Gold Run

I remember enjoying the 1995 film version of Richard III with Ian McKellen as the Duke of Gloucester, later the eponymous king.

A Dear Old Fashioned Irish House

I have been re-arranging some books to make more room for biography and fiction and came across this niche memoir published in 1932 by J Catherall & Co (Printers) Ltd in Hexham.

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From A to Z

“Stop the world I want to get off’ – it’s the title of a 1961 musical – and it’s what I’d like to do sometimes.

Allenby’s Entry into Jerusalem

I cannot improve on John D Grainger’s account of Allenby’s entry into Jerusalem extracted from The Battle for Palestine 1917, published in 2006.

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Three Irish Regiments

My Bellew grandfather told me he served in both the North Irish Horse and South Irish Horse in the Great War.

Old Friends

A Sondheim acolyte is as committed as the most devoted Wagnerian.

Making Doctors

The premise of Making Doctors is that the training doctors receive does not prepare them for the job.

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Conflict

Lunch at my club yesterday with David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts. If you don’t know them click the links to Wikipedia.

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