The manner of communicating the coronavirus crisis to the public has been woeful, if not dismal. The message about just how serious the outbreak will be hasn’t been getting through. Arguably, it had no chance of ever doing so. The immediate confusion that has arisen from the UK government’s “lockdown that isn’t a lockdown” is… Continue reading Communicating Information to the Public during the Coronavirus Crisis
A lot of things will make me pick up a novel. I like a title that infers a great deal without being deliberately obscure. The cover should be similarly suggestive without duping the reader believing a promise that isn’t going to be fulfilled. The name of the author is less important than the idea that… Continue reading Book Review: ‘The Rockblaster’ by Henning Mankell
Frank Buckland’s Visit To The 21st Century is the novel that I always wanted to write but struggled to find time to begin, much less complete. It was always going to be an onerous undertaking given the scope of the material. Our relationship with other livings things touches on every significant aspect of our being,… Continue reading Frank Buckland’s Visit to the 21st Century
1320Books has found a perfect niche with The Poets's Box, a pop-up shop in Dundee’s Wellgate Centre specially created as part of the nationwide Being Human Festival. Orginally conceived as a platform for research, understanding and discussion of the humanities, the festival has grown into a national phenomenon and a major winter festival of 'a… Continue reading 1320BOOKS AT THE POET’S BOX, DUNDEE
In January 1874, the naturalist, writer, publisher and fisheries inspector, Mr. Frank Buckland Esq., gave one of his famous lectures to a large audience, which consisted principally of parents with their young children. The event was billed as a holiday diversion ‘especially for juveniles’ and it was held at the Society for the Encouragement of… Continue reading Frank Buckland’s 1874 Lecture to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Commerce and Manufactures
