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Shakespeare better,
especially in the
theatre. Shakespeare
in Modern English
will appeal to
those who want to
understand the rich
and poetical language
of Shakespeare in a
more comprehensible
way. It is also a useful tool for older
students studying Shakespeare. Matador;
ISBN: 978-1785898402.
50 year ago to the month, a number
of Wykehamists from various houses
banded together with GN Clarke (B,
64-69) to excavate the Roman Cemetery
at Lankhills. They were soon joined by
pupils from all the secondary schools
in Winchester to scrape, dig, record
and analyse 473 graves in the Cloister
Times of 1967 to 1972. In 1979, under
the auspices of the Winchester Studies
series (ed. Martin Biddle) Giles Clarke
published a much-acclaimed account
of the dig, missing only a thorough
osteological analysis (WS 3.ii, 455pp &
plans, figures and photographs). This
analysis has now been done by Caroline
M. Stuckert (ed. WS 9.i), complete
with tables, photgraphs and plans. The
large corpus of Lankhills material has
been combined with other sources
from the Cathedral, City and Anglo-
Saxon settlements nearby to span an
extraordinary, almost contiguous, 1200
years of Winchester’s inhabitants under
the title The People of Early Winchester.
A short chapter by JL Macdonald (Co
Ro, 64-01) has been included on what
is perhaps an unusual and local use of
the rite of decapitation in Romano-
British cemeteries. OUP; ISBN: 978-
0198131700.
T he T rusty S ervant
Dr Ava Curzon
returns in The
Apocalypse Fire,
the breath-taking
sequel to The Sword
of Moses. When the
Turin Shroud is stolen
in a violent assault,
the archaeologist and
former spy is plunged
into a desperate struggle against an
apocalyptic Russian cult. Recruited by
the UK’s clandestine MI13 intelligence
agency and aided by the Vatican’s
security division, Ava is sucked into a
world of dark extremism and Biblical
secrets. As the chase catapults her
around Europe, she must unravel the
mysteries of an ancient icon belonging to
the shadowy Order of Malta. With time
running out, and war in the Middle East
the price of failure, the world stands on
the brink. This crypto-thriller from Dr
DK Selwood (E, 84-87) will keep you
gripped until the very end. Corax; ISBN:
978-0992633271.
K Simpson-Giles (K, 81-86) authored
NATO’s new Handbook of Russian
Information Warfare, which in a timely
way described how Russia uses and
abuses ‘fake news’ shortly before the term
became fashionable. NATO Defense
College; ISBN: 978-8896898161.
JO Udal (A, 39-44)
has produced Munich
on the Nile, describing
the circumstances
of the grant of
independence to
the Sudan in 1956.
The author’s own
Sudan political
service makes him
an excellent witness to those troubled
times and follows his much-acclaimed
two-part history of the peoples of the
Nile. Michael Russell Publishing; ISBN:
978-0859553292.
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The Devil Goes
Missing? by Preb
JST Woolmer (Co
Ro, 63-75) is a
comprehensive guide
which examines the
theology, practice,
and history of
the deliverance
ministry. With sound
theological underpinnings, it contains
numerous examples and case studies and
deals with frequently asked questions,
providing a how-to guide for those
involved in the practice of deliverance.
The book will be of enormous benefit
to clergy, pastors, and lay leaders of all
denominations, providing pastoral help
in difficult situations. Monarch Books;
ISBN: 978-0857217912. jstwoolmer@
gmail.com.
Business
FDS Rosier (I, 64-69) complains: I arrived
at my Hot Desk at Tilney this morning
to find that I had been ‘hotted’ from
my normal desk by JW Collings (Coll,
78-83)!
Charitable
J Thomas (B, 04-09) is into the second
half of a 10,000 km bicycle journey
from Vietnam to Nepal. Joseph and his
girlfriend, Katie Moss, are using their
journey to investigate and publicise the
work of social enterprises, businesses
that re-invest their profits to further a
social cause. Although a well-known
concept in the UK, social enterprise is
a new to most South-East Asians. A
major issue with ongoing support from
NGOs in countries like Cambodia is
their lack of financial stability; social
enterprise is often highly sustainable and
should be recognised as a powerful tool
for development. After completing their
journey, Joseph, a mechanical engineer,
and Katie, an ex-civil servant, plan to
continue their careers abroad. Follow
their progress at www.gearing-up.com.