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books of the week
October-December 2002
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28 December 2002
David M Rorvik In His Image
the first human clone has been claimed - haven't we been here before?
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22 December 2002
The Morecambe & Wise Special
a little bit of Eric & Ernie - because it's Christmas
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15 December 2002
Philip Oakes Tony Hancock
BBC-7, a new radio station, is launched with a survey revealing that Tony Hancock is the greatest radio comedian ever - well, we knew that
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10 December 2002
Gilbert Oakley Sex Change & Dress Deviation
the liberalisation continues: transsexuals are to be allowed to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender
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6 December 2002
Natalia Zabaneh Backlash
the government finally recognizes that maybe lesbian and gay couples should have some legal rights
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30 November 2002
Iain Banks Espedair Street
we spend St Andrew's Day in the company of one of Scotland's best novelists
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23 November 2002
George Shipway The Chilian Club
a Labour government trying to face down striking firefighters - it's the 1970s all over again
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21 November 2002
Robert Byrne The Tunnel
28 years since 20 people were killed by the IRA while drinking in Birmingham pubs, and still the murderers haven't been brought to justice
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15 November 2002
Jean-Paul Denard Jacqueline, Daughter of the Marquis de Sade
the tabloid ghouls finally get their wish and Myra Hindley - the Most Evil Woman In Britain (© the Sun) - has died in jail; another triumph for British justice
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14 November 2002
Timothy Lea Confessions of a Pop Performer
today is the 50th anniversary of the first-ever British singles chart, so here's a book that's nearly as dated and irrelevant as that institution has now become
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11 November 2002
Bernard Newman The Blue Ants
as we salute the Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, some memories of the golden age of the bamboo curtain
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9 November 2002
Jon Burmeister The Weatherman Guy
some 1970s terrorism in honour of James Kilgore from the Symbionese Liberation Army who was captured in South Africa today, the last SLA member to be caught
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4 November 2002
Brian Bird Skiffle
in tribute to the great Lonnie Donegan, who died today
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31 October 2002
CS Cody The Witching Night
some witches for Hallowe'en
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27 October 2002
John Jakes Black In Time
to mark the end of Black History Month, here's a novel about a black time traveller
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19 October 2002
Michael Hardwick Prisoner of the Devil
it's the anniversary of the birth of Alfred Dreyfus, the man framed by the French establishment; luckily Sherlock Holmes is on the case...
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10 October 2002
Leonard Nimoy Will I Think Of You
a slim volume to celebrate National Poetry Day
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4 October 2002
Charlie Williams Ee - I've Had Some Laughs
it's Black History Month - so here's a neglected Black British comedy hero
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