Friday, 7 September 2012

The Cairo Trilogy Part III: Sugar Street (Al Sukkariyyah)

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In my opinion, the most compelling of the three novels, Sugar Street (Al-Sukkariyyah) is a fast-paced, narrative-rich story that brings ...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012

The Cairo Trilogy Part II: Palace of Desire (Qasr el-Shoaq)

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Palace Walk , the first part of The Cairo Trilogy, begins in 1917 during the First World War, ending in 1919 with the outbreak of the nat...
Monday, 25 June 2012

Reviewing The Cairo Trilogy Part I: Palace Walk (Bayn al Qasrayn)

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‘An Englishman – in other words, the kind of man he imagined to embody all the perfections of the human race.’ (p.43 Palace Walk). A ...
Sunday, 17 June 2012

The Cairo Trilogy - Quote

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A quote I enjoyed from The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz: ‘ In our conversations she was like the salt in food. Salt by itself doesn’t...
Friday, 15 June 2012

Parents choosing TV over bedtime stories

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My daily dose of the Evening Standard keeps me informed on the progress of the Get London Reading campaign, and I am somewhat alarmed by ...
Saturday, 9 June 2012

The Literary Festival

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So it seems that the literary festival, as a concept, is really strengthening its presence within the London landscape, and England more ge...
Monday, 9 April 2012

"a creeping re-Stalinisation"

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So I am now working in the world of academic publishing, and it gives you a sense of the power that learning material can have over an audie...