Monthly Archives: November 2014
A journey into determination: Vincent Hunt
By Roz Kay “That was a tough morning.” Vincent Hunt’s new book, Fire and Ice: the Nazis’ scorched earth campaign in Norway, poignantly and with dignity captures the pain still threading like barbed wire through the communities that survived the … Continue reading
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A jokey sort of nipper: Roald Dahl
An interview in 1981 Roald Dahl sells two million books a year. As three-quarters of these are for children, he was a fitting choice to open Austicks’ new children’s bookshop in Leeds last month. At 65, with five spinal operations … Continue reading
Roz Kay 