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The Department of Security & Crime Science

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What? I hear you say. Is this Kafka or Orwell? It isn’t fiction, but I’m not surprised at such a reaction, because University College London’s Department for Security & Crime Science is one of the first of its kind in … Continue reading

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It’s World Book Day 2018… why am I uneasy?

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Tomorrow (1st March) is World Book Day 2018 UK and there are WBD events happening all over the UK and Eire, (though not, necessarily, over the rest of the world, because different countries celebrate the Day on different days). Nonetheless … Continue reading

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The Countdown Begins

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There are seventy-seven days until the 2018 Clapham Book Festival and we’re getting ready to start our publicity and promotion. This year we have, we think, really got something for everyone, as we bring acclaimed novelists, biographers and poets to … Continue reading

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Requiem

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January 2018 has seen my attendance at two funerals, each of close family members. This sad and somewhat macabre coincidence led me to re-read, and take great pleasure in, a short story by Alan Bennett called The Laying on of … Continue reading

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2018 Clapham Book Festival – a taster

Clapham Book Festival 2018 has some very well-known names appearing this year. The end of January was the date by which the Programme had to be signed off and, yes, we’ve managed it.  Though we haven’t absolutely nailed down everything, … Continue reading