No.128
Books
OWs are encouraged to inform us
of all their publications. We are of
course particularly interested in those
of a biographical nature which include
reminiscences of the
school and life at Win
Coll.
J Berry (F, 59-63) has
written Reverting to
Type, Recollections
of the Compton Press
1968-1980. The
Compton Press was,
like much of the 1960s, a happening.
It began, not with a grand design, but
with a passion for letterpress printing.
This passion was very infectious,
and people were drawn to the mix of
compositors, machine-minders, proof-
readers, editors, and typographers
initially based in a converted cowshed
and coach house in Compton
Chamberlayne, Wiltshire.
Lulu publishers;
ISBN: 978-0244143213.
PGTW Fiennes
(D, 76-81) has written
Footnotes: A Journey
Round Britain in the
Company of Great
Writers following
in the footsteps of
writers, spiritualists,
economists, farmers,
churchmen and artists from the 11th
century to the 20th. Traversing past
and present, he searches for signs
of what his absent guides once saw
and, through their words, opens
a new way of seeing what is there
today. It is a mesmerising quest to
picture these isles anew. Oneworld
Publications; ISBN:
978-1786076298.
Paul Robertshaw
has written a wide-
ranging collection of
short stories, A dish
best served cold and
other stories. Privately
The Trusty Servant
published; ISBN: 978-1094660547.
[email protected]
CFS Seaford (Coll,
71-74) has written
Why Capitalists Need
Communists: the
Politics of Flourishing,
an account of how
capitalism can be
reformed to create
a sustainable and
less unequal society, and which has
attracted praise from both left and
right. Palgrave Macmillan;
ISBN: 978-33199875.
KD Simpson-Giles
(K, 86-91) has written
a book on Russia,
entitled Moscow
Rules: What Drives
Russia to Confront
the West. He draws
on historical and
current sources to
argue for a new approach to dealing
with the country in order to avoid
ever-deeper crises. The cover price
of £27.95 can be offset slightly by a
discount available to OWs; contact
[email protected].
Chatham House;
ISBN: 978-0815735748.
Like many people,
ARW Smithers (D,
51-55) is concerned
about the decline
in the reputation of
liberal democracy
in the developed
world. The cause has
been poor economic
management, resulting in the financial
crisis and subsequent weak growth.
In Productivity and the Bonus Culture
he shows that poor productivity is
due to weak investment, caused by
the perverse incentives of modern
management remuneration, and this
dates from well before the financial
crisis. OUP; ISBN: 978-0198836117.
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Peter Stevens
(D, 53-58) has
produced Christianity
and Religion for
the Layman. This
little book has four
general aims. The
first is to show the
thinking agnostic
that there is a God and there is a
life after this one. The second is
to demonstrate to regular church-
goers who have a belief in God that
scientific progress means that the
world may not always be exactly
as the Bible describes. The third is
to show that religion and science
need not be that far apart, and that
it is possible to bring the two sides
closer together. The fourth aim is to
encourage people to listen to other
opinions that may be markedly
different from their own. Privately
published; ISBN: 978-1095351680.
[email protected].
Sport
Golf
Five Kennyites, vintage 1955-57,
met at the NZ Golf Club on 8th July
for their fourth annual meeting,
hosted and organised by David
Durnford-Slater. Others present
were John Vintcent, Ray Freshfield,
Rob Ballantyne & Noel Dobbs.
In addition, the annual reunion
Kennyite lunch took place on
Tuesday 15th October at Brooks’,
hosted by Andrew Smithers: there
were 13 of us with a further two
having had to cancel because of the
protests. Numbers were made up by
Andrew’s teddy!
Rackets
Will Morse (K, 01-06) reports: From
Stokes’s heroics to Pettersen’s putt
there have been numerous moments
of sporting magic sprinkled upon us
this year, but (perhaps) one of the
most remarkable was delivered in the
dying embers of summer.