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The Enigmatic Sir James Brooke - Reviews - White Rajah - Book Review
White Rajah. Nigel Barley. Little, Brown. [pounds]16.99. 262 pages. ISBN 0-316-85920-6. White Rajah. Nigel Barley. Little, Brown. [pounds]16.99....
Contemporary Review, 07/01/03 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Elizabeth Longford: 'aesthetes' moll' and royal biographer - Biography
LADY Longford, who died late last year at the age of ninety-six, was a modest hero of social change and a celebrated biographer. From a comfortable...
Contemporary Review, 05/01/03 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
An unusual balance of skills: dyslexia in higher education
DYSLEXIA is a singular condition. Concerning as it does brain processes, it is 'invisible'. Many dyslexics function entirely well in social and...
Contemporary Review, 02/01/03 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
The Boulting Brothers and the contemporary British film industry - Biography
THE death last year of Roy Boulting saw the passing of one of the more singular and successful of British film making partnerships. Roy and his...
Contemporary Review, 10/01/02 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
The fluctuations of William Golding's critical reputation - Critical Essay
AS an aspiring Ph.D. student in 1998, I asked myself which writers I had read extensively, which I had always enjoyed and in whose works I had...
Contemporary Review, 05/01/02 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Lord Hailsham: The reluctant peer
Editor's Note: In last month s issue Jonathan Doering assessed the career of the Labour hereditary peer, Lord Longford, who died in 2001. Now we...
Contemporary Review, 02/01/02 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Lord Longford: A Crusading Peer
Editor's Note: It is somewhat ironic that the two British politicians whose deaths received the widest and most sympathetic coverage last year were...
Contemporary Review, 01/01/02 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Witney: A Quiet Town In Unquiet Times - Witney, a village near Oxford, England
Witney, a modest country town twelve miles to the west of Oxford, has stood in one form or another for centuries. Its small size, and the modern,...
Contemporary Review, 09/01/01 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Leo Marks: Master Of Codes
LEO Marks, who died in January, made a startling impact in different spheres: as an intelligence officer and script writer. In view of his...
Contemporary Review, 06/01/01 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication -
Malcolm Bradbury: A History Man For Our Times
THE death last November of the academic and author Malcolm Bradbury from a rare form of pneumonia has robbed British Literature of a generous and...
Contemporary Review, 03/01/01 by Jonathan W. Doering · More from publication
