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Review: Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a well-written gripping journalistic account of North Korean defectors, describing their lives in the DPRK. I have to question whether the accounts are completely truthful and genuine as so much information which emerges from North Korea… Continue reading
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Review: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’d read some Philip K Dick before and this was certainly in a fast-flowing writing style. It only took me half a day to read the book from start to finish. It was totally gripping. The story is about… Continue reading
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Review: Catch-22
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a 20th century classic novel I had to read. It is a fascinating story of the Second World War which grows ever more absurd as Yossarian proceeds on his quest to return home. The characters are fantastic, especially Milo, the entrepreneurial head of… Continue reading
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Match Report: Liverpool vs West Brom (26.10.13) W 4-1
Liverpool began the match with their favoured three central defenders, Daniel Agger still not being able to force his way back into first XI. The game began with a fast tempo with Liverpool passing the ball around well. Suarez was pressurising the West Brom defence right from the outset and after having a few shots… Continue reading
Albion, Aly Cissokho, Anichebe, anthem, Arsenal, Baggies, Billy Jones, Chris Brunt, Claudio Yacob, daniel agger, daniel sturridge, Emirates, Gerrard The Red, glen johnson, hat=trick, James Morrison, Joe Allen, Kop, Liverpool, Luis Alberto, Luis Suarez, Martin Kelly, Martin Skrtel, Myhill, Nicolas Anelka, penalty, SAS, Shane Long, simon mignolet, Suarez, Uruguayan, West Brom, West Bromwich Albion, You’ll Never Walk Alone -
Match Preview: Liverpool vs West Brom (26.10.13)
Liverpool welcome West Brom to Anfield in this non-televised 3pm fixture. Liverpool are currently third in the league with West Brom standing at twelfth. League form, however, can be overlooked. West Brom are a bogey side of Liverpool’s, having won 4 of our previous five league fixtures, including a comfortable double over us last season.… Continue reading
Aly Cissokho, anfield, Arsenal, Ben Foster, Brendan Rodgers, daniel agger, daniel sturridge, George Thorne, Gerrard The Red, glen johnson, jose enrique, kenny dalgleish, Liverpool, Luca Leiva, Luis Suarez, Man United, Martin Skrtel, philippe coutinho, sakho, SAS, Scott Sinclair, Steve Clarke, toure, West Brom, wiziwig, Zoltan Gera -
Review: The FARC: The Longest Insurgency
The FARC: The Longest Insurgency by Garry Leech My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book covers a very interesting subject for what in general there is a dearth of information and that which does exist tends to be fundamentally skewed with bias. The left wing of Colombia’s forty year civil war is headed up… Continue reading
AMerica, American, civil war, Colombia, Colombian, Communism, Communist, FARC, FARC-EP, Fuerzas Armada Revolutionarias Colombianas, Fuerzas Armadas, Garry Leech, Guerrilla, insurgency, left wing, left-wing, Marx, Marxist, Military, narco-terrorists, narcotrafickers, paramilitary, peace, Propaganda, soldiers, The FARC, USA, war -
Match Report: Newcastle United vs Liverpool (19.10.13) D 2-2
Liverpool started the game in their favoured 3-5-2 formation, with natural wing backs in Aly Cissokho and Glen Johnson bot making reappearances. Sakho, Toure and Skrtel form the central defence 3. Lucas Leiva stayed at home with his wife and their new-born daughter. Jordan Henderson joined Steven Gerrard in the middle of the park with… Continue reading
Aly Cissokho, andre mariner, daniel sturridge, Gerrard The Red, glen johnson, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jordan Henderson, Liverpool, lucas leiva, Luis Alberto, Luis Suarez, Mamadou Sakho, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Moussa Cissokho, Newcastle, Newcastle United, Paul Dummett, penalty, raheem sterling, red card, sakho, Sammy Ameobi, SAS, sending off, simon mignolet, skrtel, Steven Gerrard, ten men, toure, victor moses, Vurnon Anita, yellow card, Yohan Cabaye -
Match Preview: Newcastle United vs Liverpool (19.10.13)
Well, thankfully, the international break is over, and it’s a return to the Premiership for our club players. We lie second in the table, to Newcastle’s 11th. Luckily no more injuries were picked up by our players during the international break and our injury list actually shrinks ahead of this game with Glen Johnson, Aly… Continue reading
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Review: Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse My rating: 4 of 5 stars This short work by German / Swiss author and nobel literature prizewinner, Herman Hesse, was a cornerstone of the hippy movement which emerged during the 1960s. The book explores the journey of a young Indian man through an adventurous life, in which his main quest… Continue reading
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Review: When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order by Martin Jacques My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an excellent study of China and its position in the modern world. The author explores the rise of China’s power, through history and into the… Continue reading
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