This slim 316-page book is very perceptive. McCarten wrote this book to accompany his screenplay for Darkest Hour. Even if one has read many books…
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In movie: Churchill
These are the 4 most recent movies on Churchill. In time order of events portrayed, the movies are: 1) The Gathering Storm (BBC-HBO, 2002). The…
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The Malayan-Singapore fiasco
These are the 4 most recent books on the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore. Their emphasis varies. Farrell focused on the commanders and…
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The Defence and Fall of Singapore
In 1921 the British settled on the “Singapore strategy” to defend the Far East against Japanese attacks. (p 18). The strategy envisaged building a naval…
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Law in a Time of Crisis
This latest 2021 book by Lord Sumption, a former Justice of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2018 is a gem. Containing 12 essays…
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Who Wrote the Bible?
This book was written in 1987. I bought it in 1991 in Singapore en-route to an open-air Chinese New Year charity dinner. My law firm…
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My Story: Justice in the Wilderness
This is an enjoyable romp through many significant legal cases in Malaysia that Tommy was personally involved in. Told against a backdrop of his life,…
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By Anthony Sattin
“Anthony Sattin is to Egypt what William Dalrymple is to India” The Times. Here are four of his books on Egypt and one on Timbuktu.…
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Letters from Egypt
This is a gem of a book. It contains all the letters by Florence Nightingale to her family from her visit in 1849 to 1850. …
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London at War
This is a book on how Londoners reacted and coped with the war and the Blitz from 1939 to 1945. Ziegler cites from diaries, letters, records…
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