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Misunderstandings, secrets and matchmaking

Misunderstandings, secrets and matchmaking

Mature Times reviews A Distant View of Everything (An Isabel Dalhousie Novel) by Alexander McCall Smith For those who are firm followers of Isabel Dalhousie’s exploits, she will need no introduction. ...
The forgotten women of the WW2 shipyards

The forgotten women of the WW2 shipyards

An author has released her fourth novel in a best-selling series, honouring the women who stepped into the breach to keep the shipyards working during the war. Inspired by the 700 women who were emplo ...
Classical myths and other books on Art

Classical myths and other books on Art

Robert Tanitch reviews four books on Art Flying Too Close to the Sun. Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary (Phaidon £39.95) Classical myths have remained a fertile and popular source of subject ...
Lies, Manipulation and Murder

Lies, Manipulation and Murder

Mature Times reviews Kin by Snorri Kristjansson Viking warlord Unnthor Reginsson retired from the raiding parties and settled down to life on a farm in a remote valley with his wife, Hildigunnur. Unnt ...