by NRB | 19 Dec 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’ve read 44 books so far this year. Not a lot, but not too bad given my eyesight. I make a brief note of each book read and give it a mark out of ten so that I can single out the books I’ve most valued. This year, in no particular order, they are: Peter Ackroyd Civil...
by NRB | 24 Apr 2014 | Non-fiction |
The English class system helped Cold War spy Kim Philby, who used his friendships with other agents to thwart their operations. Back when I was working at the National Times, I had the good fortune to meet two men – David Leitch and Phillip Knightley – who’d written...