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Literature

Claudius The Bee, by John F Leeming

John Leeming seems to have been a remarkable man. Born in 1895 into a middle-class Mancunian family, Leeming was an accomplished glider pilot by the

High Rise 26th May 2020

Old Soldiers Never Die – by Private Frank Richards. DCM MM

This extraordinary memoir catalogues the experience of the author as he underwent four years in the western front trenches without even being wounded – an

High Rise 28th April 2020

GBH by Ted Lewis

Published in 1980 this was Lewis’s last book before he died of the drink aged 42. A very large proportion of my (male) friends would

High Rise 21st April 2020

Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes

I have a friend who owns an original, signed photograph by Robert Capa, it is one of his most precious pictures. It shows three women

High Rise 15th April 2020

Major Thompson Lives In France and Major Thompson and I – by Pierre Daninos

Contributed to Raceweb by “High Rise” First published in 1955 then again in 1957 – this is a musing on the differences between the French

High Rise 6th April 2020