The fourth part in a series of 11 book reviews. From the 1930s to the 1950s Raymond Chandler penned a stylish collection of short stories and novels within the crime fiction genre. Over the coming months I’m rereading his work and writing reviews. More details about the who, what and why are explained here in […]
Images of Singapore. October 2015. “Singapore is a city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 137 kilometres north of the Equator. It consists of the diamond-shaped Singapore Island and some 60 small islets. The main island is separated from Peninsular Malaysia to the north by Johor Strait. “It is the largest […]
The third part in a series of 11 book reviews. From the 1930s to the 1950s Raymond Chandler penned a stylish collection of short stories and novels within the crime fiction genre. Over the coming months I’m rereading his work and writing reviews. More details about the who, what and why are explained here in […]
The second part in a series of 11 book reviews. From the 1930s to the 1950s Raymond Chandler penned a stylish collection of short stories and novels within the crime fiction genre. Over the coming months I’m rereading his work and writing reviews. More details about the who, what and why are explained here in […]
When you hear the name Raymond Chandler it may sound faintly familiar or simply not register. That’s understandable as this great American author belongs to a bygone age. However, from the 1930s to the 1950s Chandler created a fine selection of short stories and novels within the crime fiction genre. These were hard-boiled tales of […]
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 […]