Erudite, witty and often controversial, "The London Review of Books" informs and entertains its readers with a fortnightly dose of the best and liveliest of all things cultural. This anthology brings together some of the most memorable pieces from recent years, includes Alan Bennett s Diary, Christopher Hitchens on Bill Clinton s presidency, Terry Castle s hotly-debated reading of Jane Austen s letters, Jerry Fodor taking issue with Richard Dawkins on evolution, Victor Kiernan on treason, Jenny Diski musing on death, Stephen Frears adventures in Hollywood, Linda Colley on Nancy Reagan,...
Erudite, witty and often controversial, "The London Review of Books" informs and entertains its readers with a fortnightly dose of the best and liveli...
The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.
The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as ...
This ingenious adaptation of the classic children's novel created a sensation at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Here are Badger, Rat, Mole and Toad of Toad Hall in the familiar tale with a contemporary slant. Script and songbook sold separately.
This ingenious adaptation of the classic children's novel created a sensation at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Here are Badger, Rat, Mole and...
Includes four stories: "Father! Father! Burning Bright" is a satire on a dying man's family reaction; "The Clothes They Stood Up In" is a painful story of an elderly couple; "The Laying on of Hands" is a memorial service for a masseur; and "The Lady in the
Includes four stories: "Father! Father! Burning Bright" is a satire on a dying man's family reaction; "The Clothes They Stood Up In" is a painful stor...
A British Labour M.P., ten years into his second marriage, feels tethered in a time of change. He is distrustful on the one hand of the "mawkish mentality" of the young and, on the other, of the encroaching motorway life of the middle aged who can look forward to nothing more than the fairly imminent end of a not so very interesting road. "The play is a small jewel of bewilderment and regret." - London Sunday Times
A British Labour M.P., ten years into his second marriage, feels tethered in a time of change. He is distrustful on the one hand of the "mawkish menta...
Wer htte gedacht, dass eine Liebeserklrung an die Queen und die Literatur so gut zusammenpassen? Die Hunde sind schuld. Beim Spaziergang mit der Queen rennen sie los, um den allwchentlich in einem der Palasthfe parkenden Bcherbus der Bezirksbibliothek anzuklffen. Maam ist zu gut erzogen, um sich nicht bei dem Bibliothekar zu entschuldigen, leiht sich ebenfalls aus Hflichkeit ein Buch aus - und kommt auf den Geschmack.Die Auswirkungen der majesttischen Leselust sind unvorhersehbar, die Grundfeste des Buckingham Palace werden jedenfalls gehrig durcheinander gewirbelt und fr den Leser bleibt...
Wer htte gedacht, dass eine Liebeserklrung an die Queen und die Literatur so gut zusammenpassen? Die Hunde sind schuld. Beim Spaziergang mit der Queen...
'Thinking Betty was in the bath Graham was watching a late-night programme on Channel 4 called Footballers with Their Shirts Off when she unexpectedly came in on the trail of the hairdryer. "I didn't know you were interested in football," said Betty.'No one must ever find out that Graham is 'not the marrying sort'. Certainly not his wife, or his mother. As sex, blackmail and fanatical tidiness take over the West Yorkshire parish of Alwoodley, an unlikely caper unfolds.
'Thinking Betty was in the bath Graham was watching a late-night programme on Channel 4 called Footballers with Their Shirts Off when she unexpectedly...
