Book Club

Singapore Burning Heroism and Surrender in World War II By Colin Smith Published by Penguin Viking 2005 Review by Stephen Kearney 2013 (reviewed 2020)   Historical Background Singapore is a small island roughly 22 X 14 miles located at the southern tip of the...

The Railway Man by Eric Lomax review by Stephen Kearney One of the things that gives life its magic is the accidental, the freak, the one off, the random, the whole process of being in the right place at the right time or, alternately, the wrong place at the wrong...

Review by: Stephen Kearney It’s funny how you can get introduced to an author.  Just like meeting new people, it is, outside of a formalised learning environment, mainly a random occurrence.  It is one of life’s endless “ifs and buts” – “if I hadn’t stayed for another...

    Have you ever wondered why people vote for or support something diametrically opposed to their own best interests?   Why did so many Germans vote for Hitler?  Look what it brought them!  Why do so many Americans support Trump?  Look what it’s doing to...

    You will probably not have heard of Pamela Vass.  She lives in Devon and wrote this novel based very much on true facts. On the evening of August 15th 1952 the worst floods to ever hit the West of England destroyed the beautiful coastal village of...

His book The Stand is 1,300 pages plus, but each of those pages will enthrall you. This book was written in 1978 and is considered by very many to be his finest work although each and Stephen king is a story teller of exquisite skill. every one of his books which are...