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ASK AN ASTRONAUT / Tim Peake
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NATION by David Edgerton
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THE LIGHT JAR / Lisa Thompson
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Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on… Read More… Continue reading THIS IS GOING TO HURT / Adam Kay
MARVEL 1602 / Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert
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Inglorious Empire: what the British did to India, by Shashi Tharoor
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Churchill’s ministry of unglentlemanly warfare, by Giles Milton
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The great trouble, by Deborah Hopkinson
Weekly, Starred Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark”, he… Read More… Continue reading The great trouble, by Deborah Hopkinson
The great Brexit swindle, by T. J. Coles
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