Lakes and Islands, Times Past

Northern Leeds Lantern (1977), 1 Jan 1989, p. 25

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EEGGY ASHCROFT by Michael Billington. Readers who admire this veteran English actress will enjoy this,the first biography to receive her approval, and she is eighty one years old! Most recently seen on television in Canada as Barbie in “The Jewel in the Crown" and as Mrs Moore in "A Passage to India",also a Mrs Dubber in ”A Perfect Spy". Dame Peggy has enjoyed 60 years of work in the theatre and has influenced its development in many ways.She has aged very gracefully B.S.S, /u SILVER WEDDING by Maeve Binchy. Maeve Binchy's books are always a delight, her Characters are warm and recognizable with all their human frailty and strife. Desmond and Deidre Doyle, their three children,the priest, bridesmaid and bestman are called together to renew the vows taken twenty five years ago.Each character has a short story and they are linked, finally coming together at the anniversary party. Pretensions are stripped away and the family begin to enjoy each other. Good reading. B.S.S. WIND IN THE ASH TREE by Jeanine McMullen. A sequel to her first book about life on a tough little Welsh farm,"My Small Country Living", this enchanting book takes the reader back again to the facinating chaos that reigns on Jeanine's farm.She works very hard to keep her chosen world intact, despite efforts to defeat her by weather,animals and even the septic tank.Horses,goats, sheep,dogs and assorted birds each have names and decided personalities.Mrs.P her tough Australian mother adds spice to the mixture and I have a mad desire to rush over there and join them. B.S.S QUEST FOR THE FARADAWN by Richard Ford This is about a great guest which is taken on by two humans, an owl,a badger and a hare.Humans are slowly destroying the earth but do not know it.The little company are following an ancient path used by the elves. The forces of Dreagg,the evil one, are always trying to eliminate the little group, who are searching fer the Faradawn (the Spirit) of the Sea,Fores£ and Mountains.The elves help the group on their journey. Philip Kompass. a Imedieval PHILBY: KGB MASTERSPY by Phillip Knightley. What would John Le Carre and Len Deighton have done if there had been no Kim Philby? We would have had no George Smiley, no Bernard Samson to ferret out the moles in the Secret Service. Phillip Knightley was the last western journalist to have contact with "the spy who betrayed a generation”. His biography of a man whom he both admired and mistrusted is as facinating as is his subject. This study of the art of being a double spy is well worth investigating whether one is a lover of espionage or of biography. J.M. OUR VILLAGE by Mary Russell Mitford. One hundred and sixty years ago, a young lady published a series of articles to help support her family. With a delicate Austensian eye she describes not only the flora and fauna of her village far away in the country (with lots of hyphenated words), but she also reflects on the behaviour of her neighbours. It is 1820 to 1830, and human nature is as variable then as it is now. Courtship has its surprises (Going to the Races); and people are as bound to succeed then as now (Hannah Bint). The illustrations, all of the time or especially commissioned for this edition, add to the delight of the contents. J.M. THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS By Dr. Winter Griffith. This doctor set out, several years ago,to translate complicated,technical, medical information into terms that are easy to understand.This, his fifth book deals with over 500 medical tests and diagnostic procedures that are available. He outlines the costs of the tests involved, how to prepare oneself for them, and the possible after effects. Dr. Winter believes it is up to each indiVidual to be an informed member of his own health team. K.K. RIDEAU LAKES UNION LIBRARY has recently purchased two new mysteries by Charlotte Macleod.Both are delightful innocent and easy reading. In The Silver Ghost, detectives Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersholn untangle death and industrial intrigue while part of a festival.Antique cars and a local honey industry serve to complicate the plot. In The Recycled Citizen seniors living on the street in an urban core are killed or molested because of accidental involvement in a drug scheme. All ends well when Sarah and Max discover a couple of doâ€"gooders who are really ill wishers. K.K. 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