When it comes to birthdays, there are two kinds of people: those who prefer to ignore the whole ghastly affair and those who like fuss, attention and presents. Falling in the latter category, I wanted to do something special for my 40th.
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09/18/2017 01:53 PM
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Nobody Does It Better
09/16/2017 10:52 AMForty
Summer of Spies 7
Last night saw John le Carr&ecaute; talking about his latest and (allegedly) last Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, at the South Bank Centre, and broadcast live to cinemas across Europe.
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09/07/2017 04:17 PM
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Summer of Spies 5 & 6
I nearly turned tail from last week's Waterstones event, the Spy Fiction Book Club on Len Deighton's The IPCRESS File, on seeing that there were only four other attendees of whom one was Mike Ripley, who gave the previous week's talk, and another the brains behind The Deighton Dossier.
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09/06/2017 05:04 PM
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Bike Normandy, 25/08 - 28/08
The Bank Holiday weekend saw a return to old friends Bike Normandy, this time for a WW2 sightseeing tour.
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About me
I'm Alice Dryden, a.k.a. Huskyteer.
I like scooter adventures, First World War aeroplanes, Kenshukai karate, and spending time with huskies.
Email: alice@dryden.co.uk
Twitter: @Huskyteer
