Classic crews - Clarke

By: Jeremy Clarke

Monday, 14th May 2012

Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader

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Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James

By: Nigel Havers

Monday, 16th April 2012

I'm reading Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. Grey at present. Who isn't?

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I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella

By: Louise Mensch MP

Wednesday, 28th March 2012

I've Got Your Number by my friend Sophie Kinsella (Madeline Wickham). She never fails with brilliantly light comic romance. A perfect stress-buster.

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Nightrunners Patrick Mercer

By: Patrick Mercer MP

Thursday, 15th March 2012

I am currently re-reading John Masters’ The Nightrunners of Bengal. I love Masters; he is lyrical without being prolix and the subject matter — the British Raj and the Indian Mutiny in particular — are both very close to my heart. The Nightrunners has the story of the Rhani of Jhansi as one of its themes and I also tried to tell this story in my novel Dust And Steel, except I didn’t do half as good a job.

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Take your pick - Peter Bottomley

By: Sir Peter Bottomley

Wednesday, 22nd February 2012

A Bible: read in a year with daily sections of OT, NT, Psalm and Proverb

Daughter of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell

Transition in Afghanistan 2011-2014, NATO Parliamentary Studies

The Etymologicon, a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language by Mark Forsyth

The Second Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson

Elizabethan England by G B Harrison, No.116 Benn’s Sixpenny Library

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Arcitecture since 1900 - William Curtis

By: Alain de Botton

Wednesday, 1st February 2012

Some porn: Modern Architecture since 1900, by William Curtis. Full of beautiful images and thought-provoking words.

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