INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. CANON J. JOHN
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The Trusty Servant
Churchill taking over at the helm, but in Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister, NWR Shakespeare( F, 70-74) shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain; and Nicholas Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point. Harvill Secker: ISBN: 978-1846559723.
TCH Sharp( B, 90-95) has recently published a book on Loetz Art Nouveau glass: Lötz. Die Passion / Loetz. The Passion. The book focuses on the emotional side of Loetz glass and examines the relationship between collector and collection. With numerous colour photographs of 50 of the very best Loetz vases, the book also features insight into how the condition of the glass affects value and gives helpful tips on storage, maintenance and insurance. The text is in both English and German. NBVD; ISBN: 978-3939028451. Copies are available for a fixed price of £ 42 on Ebay.
TET Schuller( Coll, 61-66) has written The Paula Principle: how and why women work below their level of competence. Whereas The Peter Principle, a 4-million – copy bestseller from the 1960s, argued that most( male) workers will inevitably be promoted to one level beyond their competence, Tom Schuller shows how
women today face the opposite scenario: their skills are being wasted as they work below their competence levels. Scribe UK; ISBN: 978-1911344605.
Darling Pol: Letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944-1967. Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham,‘ After I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again. We lived our ups and downs but life was never boring.’ EO Siepmann( C, 17-21) was her second husband and their correspondence – lively, intimate, passionate, frustrated – charted their life together( and apart) with unusual candour and spirit. Harvill Secker; ISBN: 978-1911215103.
CRJ Terrington( E, 60-64) draws our attention to his recently published book, Radiology and Follow-up of Urologic Surgery under his professional name of Professor Christopher Woodhouse. Wiley Blackwell; ISBN: 978-1119162087.
JLF Wright( H, 47-52) has produced his latest SHOUT book Shout it from the
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House Tops. There is
FROM a tempting conspiracy
THE HOUSETOPS of silence among many
JOHN WRIGHT
Christians that has this stark warning:‘ Whatever you do, don’ t talk to people about Jesus!’ This book by John Wright is a bold and outspoken corrective to this: it carries the very biblical belief that it is the duty of all Christians to make every effort to talk to people about Jesus. Branch Press; ISBN: 978-0952886518.
The Yukon River is almost 2,000 miles long, flowing through Canada and Alaska
to the Bering Sea. Setting out to explore one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote regions of North America, Adam Weymouth( C, 97-02) journeyed by canoe on a four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness, encountering the people who have lived there for generations. The Yukon’ s inhabitants have long depended on the king salmon who each year migrate the entire river to reach their spawning grounds. Now the salmon numbers have dwindled, and the encroachment of the modern world has changed the way of life on the Yukon, perhaps forever. Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey tells the story. Particular Books; ISBN: 978-0241270400.
Business
JA Devas( A, 93-98) has left Maitland to set up Seven Dials City PR Agency.
Shortly after finishing university, SR Hotrabhvanon( K, 10-12) founded a start-up, PlayerData, developing a next-generation sports wearable. The first fund-raise was recently completed, bringing onboard some very notable investors such as Sir Terry Leahy and Mike Welch.
E de G Lucas( A, 76-80) has left The Economist after more than 20 years. He writes a weekly column for The Times, gives speeches and works on security policy.
MB Dunkerley( C, 77-81), Chief Executive of Hawaiian Airlines since 2005, has retired.
Sport
Rowing Harry Peters reports: In the 2018 Boat Race, ASC Wythe( Coll, 12-17) and L Robinson( C, 12-17) both rowed for Isis. TM Schroeder( Coll, 12-17) was well on track for the Dark Blue boat until illness struck: he had already won senior
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