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Vengeance, deceit and the power of love and forgiveness in a world of lies

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David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and best-selling author, takes readers deep into the shadow war between Iran and Israel. Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skilful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct … Continue reading Vengeance, deceit and the power of love and forgiveness in a world of lies

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Metafictional reflections

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Rob Doyle the Irish author’s fictional novel, in episode one  we get a perky book-world send ups and downs of creative life. It takes the form of a vertiginous hall of mirrors on gazillion-selling Dublin, novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of auto fictional novels. What begins as a playful satire on literary ambition and the chaos of our times expands into a dazzling, polyphonic odyssey that challenges the border between fiction and reality. As the Ren Duka novels race outwards in widening circles of influence, we encounter Dina Tatangelo, cult novelist of … Continue reading Metafictional reflections

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Fever Pitch: Two protoganists rivalry

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Nadia Davids, an award-winning South African author, paints a gothic psychological thriller set in the 1920s in her latest novel Cape Fever. A young Muslim maid finds herself entangled with the spirits of a decaying manor and the secrets of its enigmatic owner. In small unnamed city in a colonial empire in 1920, Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from The Muslim Quarter of a harbour city where Soraya lives with her parents. She comes highly recommended to Mrs Hottingh through … Continue reading Fever Pitch: Two protoganists rivalry

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Reconnect and revive our sensorial pathways into awareness

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Sir Wayne McGregor, a choreographer renowned for his trailblazing innovations in performance. His ongoing enquiries into movement and the body have radically defined dance in the modern era. Over the past three decades, he has discovered that our intelligence lies not only in our brains, but in our bodies too. McGregor dislocated his knee in his early twenties, as he was immobilised and forced to relearn how to balance and co-ordinate. He discovered swiftly how his body could adapt and reconfigure itself when attention was redirected. Injury, becomes an accidental laboratory for understanding what McGregort calls “ physical intelligence”: the … Continue reading Reconnect and revive our sensorial pathways into awareness

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 Pharmaceutical revolution

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Off the Scales is the inside story of the creation of Ozempic and its revolutionary impact on public health. The Pharmaceutical industry have long been searching for a cure for obesity, one that seemed unattainable until recent breakthrough in type 2 diabetes research which led to the development of Ozempic, a weight loss medication that activates a hormone in the4 stomach called GLP-1, making people feel fuller for longer.These wonder drugs bearing names such as Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro, all tackles obesity and also cut the risk of downstream diseases such as heart disease and stroke. One in eight Americans … Continue reading  Pharmaceutical revolution

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Bitter challenger for the farmer, moneylender and the pimp

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Although the story of ancient Rome is predominantly one of great men with great fortunes, Kim Bowes, professor of Ancient History and archaeology at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania, in Surviving Rome, unearths history of ordinary Romans, who worked with their hands and survived through a combination of grit and grinding labour. Bowes focuses on the tenant farmer Epimachus, Faustilla the moneylender, and the pimp Philokies. She reveals how the economic changes of the period created a set of bitter challenges and opportunistic hustles for everyone from farmers and craftspeople to day laborers and slaves. She finds working people producing a … Continue reading Bitter challenger for the farmer, moneylender and the pimp

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The Globe Theatre at 21 Globe Walk

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Diving into theatrical history in the 21 st century Shakespearesglobe.com currently playing Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Mid Summer Nights Dream, soon to be performed Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare). It is a very popular venue, and don’t miss the details about the Sam Wanamaker theatre next doorand open all year round!The Globe Theatre at 21 Globe Walk, Bankside, Southwark, South London SE1 was in modern times the brain child of Sam Wanamaker who came to the UK in 1949, and who died in 1993. Buildingstarted in 1970 and finished in 1997 – they relied heavily on donations to complete the … Continue reading The Globe Theatre at 21 Globe Walk

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Blending facts and fiction

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“Hamnet” – What we all need in the New Year? Challenging dramawhich gradually unfolds to a telling finale.Starring Paul Mescal (Latin Tutor – Shakespeare), Jessie Buckley(“Agnes”) Emily Watson, Noah Jupe, Jacobi Jupe, Bodhi RaeBreatnach, Olivia Lynes and David Wilmot amongst the talentedcast.Director Chloe Zhao – 2 hours 5 mins running time – Golden GlobeAward for best motion picture. When the film premiered this year inTelluride it was met with rave reviews, later making Zhao the first towin TIFF People’s Choice Award twice. Steven Spielberg and SamMendes are among the Producers.This film is based on the novel “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell. … Continue reading Blending facts and fiction

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A New Cold War where everyday it grows hotter

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Artic cold war amid melting ice paving way for military led land-grabs for resources. Kenneth R Rosen, in Polar War reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicentre of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet’s great powers heralds the next global conflict. “It has been previous administration’s policy that Greenland should be part of the United States” according to Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff on January 5. Since then the White House released a statement saying that  “the president and his team are … Continue reading A New Cold War where everyday it grows hotter

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Global push to power EVs, Smartphones and energy transition amid human and environmental costs

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Niarchos in The Elements of Power produces a tale of rapacious colonialism, cold war spy games and extractive capitalism”. Congo the war-torn African country lack basic infrastructure and after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But Congo is rich and hidden beneath the soil are vast quantities of cobalt, lithium, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten and other treasures essential for the global energy transition- the plan for wealthy nations to wean themselves off fossil fuels by shifting to sustainable forms of energy such as solar and wind. The race to electrify the … Continue reading Global push to power EVs, Smartphones and energy transition amid human and environmental costs