LBB9 – Three Tang Dynasty Poets
I enjoyed these collected short pastoral poems from three of China’s most famous Tang dynasty poets. Not knowing much about…
Enron: ‘Ask Why’
How did one of the world’s largest companies go caput in a matter of weeks? Before the house of cards…
LBB8: ‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift
Written in 1729 ‘A Modest Proposal’ is Swift’s (1667 to 1745) biting satire about how to solve famines in Ireland.…
Why I don’t like Harry Potter
Harry Potter is everywhere from in our ears to in our cooking and yet, popular as the Boy Who Lived…
Make it Stick
Ok here’s a question for you. There are two groups of children. The first group practices throwing a bean bag…
LBB7: Wailing Ghosts
These tales of ghost hauntings, monsters and magic tricks, written by Pu Songling in 17th century China, are fabulously entertaining.…
My Five Best Friends?
You are the average of your closest five friends, so the saying goes. This has got me thinking, because particularly…
The Overstory – “The second best time is now”
The Overstory, by Richard Powers, is a genre-defining book. I don’t say that lightly; it truly is like nothing I’ve…
LBB6: Traffic by John Ruskin
I have taken rather longer making my way through John Ruskin (19th century art critic)’s pontificating than I would like…
LBB5: Aphorisms on Love and Hate, by Friedrich Nietzsche
I will admit I have been slightly bogged down with Nietzsche’s aphorisms. Even in the slim penguin volume there are…
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About Me
Hi, I’m Rupert. This is where I put all my creative odds and ends, as well as some hopefully useful materials about studying English and Law at University. I have also written two study series, one on writing a Dissertation and one on Anki flashcards.
I’m currently doing a series of reviews for the 80-book Penguin Little Black Classics set.
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