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Himalaya – Michael Palin See all books by Michael Palin at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Dodgy dentists. The Dalai Llama. High-altitude polo players. Maoist rebels. Yak herders. Imran Khan. Just a few of the diverse personalities professional

Greg Lowe Original interview with Ian Rankin on the publication of A Question of Blood and the re-issue of Watchman. A Question of Blood – Ian Rankin See all books by Ian Rankin at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Not many punk rockers will tell

Greg Lowe Stories We Could Tell – Tony Parsons See all books by Tony Parsons at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, sprinkled with love and betrayal, plus the odd smattering of violence, forms the basis of Tony Parson’s

Not Quite the Diplomat – Chris Patten See all books by Chris Patten at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Asia’s ability to compete on a global scale will remain severely hampered until the Northern Hemisphere’s better off nations loosen

Greg Lowe All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye – Christopher Brookmyre See all books by Christopher Brookmyre at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Unlike most people, Jane Flemming, the protagonist of Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre’s

Greg Lowe A disturbed teenager slaughtering rabbits and torturing wasps; A futuristic religious leader decapitating his nemesis, keeping the head alive as he uses it daily as a punch bag; A serial killer intent on murdering those who represent the excesses

Greg Lowe DISCLAIMER: Love him or hate him, almost everyone who knows Jeffrey Archer’s name has an opinion about him. It was a shock when I was given the chance to interview the smarmy rogue himself, even though it involved passing a suitability

Greg Lowe South African author and playwright Athol Fugard’s recently-published novel Tsotsi, is a compelling and brutal tale that follows the life of the story’s eponymous protagonist. Set in Sophiatown — a black township in Johannesburg

Greg Lowe People in Glass Houses – Shirley Hazzard See all books by Shirley Hazzard at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com If there’s one quality that defines Shirley Hazzard’s People in Glass Houses, it’s subtlety. This collection

Greg Lowe It’s Friday afternoon, and after a particularly busy week, with only a few things to wrap up, I try and scratch off the last important thing on my list of things to do – interview author/journalist Tom Hodgkinson. First I try his London