BOOK REVIEWS

Books on North Korea and Ingmar Bergman

Books on North Korea and Ingmar Bergman

Robert Tanitch reviews two books Inside North Korea by Oliver Wainwright (Taschen £40). North Korea is the most isolated and controlled country in the world. Wainwright concentrates on Pyongyang, whic ...
Books for art, photography and book lovers

Books for art, photography and book lovers

Robert Tanitch reviews three books Reading Art: Art for Book lovers by David Trigg (Phaidon £24.95). Erasmus said that when he had a little money he bought a book and if he had any left over he bought ...
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 ...