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Hailed by The New Yorker as “wickedly enjoyable,” Nicholas Coleridge’s newest novel is a sharp comedy of manners about two powerful men engaged in a bitter rivalry. Their feud rages from the boardroom to the bedroom as old money takes on the new
Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. But when noveau riche Ross Clegg buys and...
Catergories: Book
A.A. Gill has been the must-read television critic in the SUNDAY TIMES 'Culture' section for more than ten years. This collection of some of the best writing from his columns is broken down into themes - Sport, Costume Drama, Detectives, Children's Television, and News.
And now it's over to A.A. Gill:
'Those who complain, usually from the Parnassian heights of...
Catergories: Interviews
In the Hong Kong Book Fair 2015, Sir David Tang was joined by philosopher Alain de Botton, biographer Carol Thatcher and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore to attend an open forum on "How and What and Why do Writers Write?".
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From West Country cider brewers to Yorkshire tripe dressers, Tom meets the punters and producers at the heart of our food traditions. He samples the very best of real English food: Bury black pudding, home-cured Wiltshire bacon and the planet’s finest cheddar.
But Full English is no paean to an imagined land where yokels sip ale together while chomping on pork...
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In this fantastical thriller, five young teens tapped as models for theme park "guides" find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls.
Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI—which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram...
Catergories: News
Celebrating the massively popular Hong Kong Book Fair, Radio 3 will be inviting some of the most celebrated visiting international authors to our studios and covering the public forum “How and What and Why do Writers Write?” with four renowned English writers sharing thoughts. Before the forum starts this Friday, our book club Bookmarks features Sir David Tang's...
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'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly. . . Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole is under control.'
In October 1839, a few months after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner, Lin Zexu, dispatched these confident words to his emperor, a cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain’s...
Catergories: News
Ahead of the Hong Kong Book Fair, its organisers, the HKTDC invites you to a free public literary event “Reading Hong Kong: Another Viewpoint” with author Xu Xi, this Saturday (17 July) 1pm at Harbour City’s KidX.
Xu Xi , a Chinese-Indonesian native of Hong Kong, has written books focusing on identity issues surrounding Hong Kong, including The...
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From one of our finest historians comes an outstanding exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. With a new chapter on Royal Weddings - this is essential reading for those who want to understand more about how monarchy has shaped the British nation.
The monarchy is one of Britain’s most venerable and revered...
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