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Word histories: Cervix, Service, Surface and Survey

14th February 201915th February 2019 Ruth B

What do Cervix and Survey have in common? Nothing except some bonkers examples of etymology in action.

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Everyday Enlightenment, by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa

11th February 201912th February 2019 Ruth B

This book doesn’t claim to make you a better business leader, but will make you reconsider what you believe about success and survival.

 Books in brief
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Bride Wars: the feminine message hiding in plain sight

6th January 201912th February 2019 Ruth B

Bride Wars is not a feminist movie, but it does reveal many things about gender roles and, more specifically, what it means to be a woman. So what does it have to say about femininity?

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Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

23rd December 201823rd December 2018 Ruth B

Wide Sargasso Sea is an origin story for Jane Eyre’s madwoman in the attic. Mrs Rochester’s history as told here is one of blame, black magic and betrayal.

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Success, by Martin Amis

11th December 201823rd December 2018 Ruth B

Success looks an awful lot like failure in Martin Amis’s novel. Half-brothers Gregory and Terry trade places in this sharp-edged tale of class warfare.

 Books in brief
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Don’t look now, by Daphne du Maurier

18th November 201824th December 2018 Ruth B

Readers who come to du Maurier’s short story collection ‘Don’t Look Now’ may be disappointed – not because the writing is bad, but because it’s too good.

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