Saturday, 26 April 2014

Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar - David Millar

You say the word ‘Tour de France’ to someone and the chances are that their minds won’t be drawn to the endurance, resilience and glory attached to cycling’s blue riband event; they will instead think of people like Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador and Floyd Landis.  Drug Cheats.  There is no sport in the world that is more associated or blighted by the scourge of doping than professional...
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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Life after Life - Kate Atkinson

In The Wizard of Oz, Glinda offers Dorothy some very sound advice: “It's always best to start at the beginning.”  This is not the vogue method in modern literature, with authors liking to start their stories at the end (The Book Thief), the middle (The Secret History) or in an undetermined part of the plot (The Time Traveller’s Wife).  Starting at the beginning has begun to see a little...
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