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Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
If you met Lewis in the street, you might guess that he was a lawyer or a kindly geography teacher. In fact, he was one of the most efficiently deadly men in the British services.
Ant Middleton • First Man In: Leading from the Front
Edward VII ruled the British Empire with a slightly pudgy cigar-stained hand, assuring his subjects that duty was important but so too was fun. “It doesn’t matter what you do,” he said, “so long as you don’t frighten the horses.”
Erik Larson • Thunderstruck
#OnThisDay in 1989 🏆 George won two Ivor Novello Awards - Songwriter of The Year, and “Faith” was awarded International Hit of The Year. To this day, George still remains the only individual songwriter to have ever won the prestigious Songwriter Of The Year Award three times 🤩
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Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
... See moreAdam Smith, is commonly known as the Father of Capitalism. Perhaps more than anyone, the hyper-individualistic, self-interested money-obsessed world we live in today is linked to him and his theories of how free markets and competition generate prosperity. But Smith didn't believe greed for wealth was the ultimate driver of economies. He thought so
‘workmanlike’ players were selected instead of ‘stars’ and the appeal of the ‘David Beckham’ narrative (the instinctive belief that good-looking players are somehow better) was rejected.
