Review and reflections on Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Penguin, 2019; 386 pages, paperback) Tragic Misunderstandings Talking with Strangers is built on tragic misunderstandings of people who are not like us. An innocent young woman goes to prison for murder, no because of evidence but because she “acts funny”. A notorious spy hid in… Continue reading Who Are You?
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The Queen is Dead, long live …
The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes (Picador, 2017) A story as old as time bears retelling. A mother’s grief, star-crossed lovers, and two generations of strife and tragedy – there is so much drama in the story of Queen Jocasta and King Oedipus that it holds up to interpretation and adaption from age to… Continue reading The Queen is Dead, long live …
Book Review – How to Draw a Map (sort of…)
This is an attractively produced book which desperately needed an editor.