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It's a long time since I was that age but perhaps Joan Lingard might be worth a try? Certainly the Kevin & Sadie books as well as 'Tug of War' stayed in my memory longest. Regards, K-S

If you're gunna take the piss, at least do it with some style...

Whichever course you take you'll almost certainly start with the Russian Alphabet, and you really do need to learn it. It's not as difficult as you may imagine, plus it impresses none Russian speakers. You will probably be faced with the choice of whether to just learn the printed version of...

It does sound like L'Or de Rennes by Gerard de Sede. A synopsis of the events it is based on may help you identify it.

Is this a euphemism? As in, although his screen image was of an all-action mans man; in secret Tom Cruise was “addicted to reading”. I think we should be told…

Ok, I’ll have a go at moving this thread closer to closure. That’s a fair point; struggling countries or should I say more accurately, struggling regimes, often faced such a choice if they wanted to receive much needed financial backing; in many cases that was the only choice in town. In a...

I'd say the closest paralell to 'Lord of the Flies' in Japanese culture is probably "Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids" by Kenzaburo Oe; and a cracking read it is too. regards, K-S

Ha! I knew you'd spot that…After I posted that remark I thought to myself, hang on the 62 would be the main battle tank at that time the 72 didn’t come on-line in large numbers till the mid-80’s and I bet that bloody Russian and his RC Tiger tank will point it out! Ah yes, the invitation to...

The T-72’s rolling over the boarder may have tipped some people off. An interesting theory, it may explain why Steven Hawking never gets out of that damn chair… Russia is such a wonderfully different country; discussing political & socio-economic theory never gets you laid in Britain…and we’re...

It appears to be a brave attempt by CDA to disprove the Gervais-David Theorem that you're ready to be really funny when you've over 30...

You stole our hearts and in CDA's case you stole the 'r' from his your...

“The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea” was also my introduction to the work of Mishima. Having subsequently explored a little further, I’d say the book makes a pretty good starting point to arguably the most interesting Japanese author of the last century. However, before going any...

I know nothing about Popov, but the BBC film on Luzhkov said he was now going to stand as Putin’s man. Is this still happening? The bigger and more powerful you are, the more people look at you, the more they look, the more they see. Pick the most friendly race you can think of, give them...

From memory this wasn’t exactly subtle either was it? Perhaps I say that because it was always reported in Britain that Russian was involved in that? I don’t know, there was plenty of ‘under the table things’ regarding Russian and British involvement in Afghanistan during the 19th century; what...

Not yet updated for CBB4 but still...enjoy... http://www.punchaceleb.com/index.php?top20=week

I've meant for a while to post a quick recommendation that you read 'The Enchanter', it's supposed to be a kind of first attempt at the subject that Nabakov thought for years he'd lost. I can't compare the two myself as I haven't read Lolita yet, and before you try and get me too Peder I...

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If you can't get the info you want here try logging onto the BBC Book board and post your request there. There's a guy on there called Himadri who'll point you in the right direction, his advice is always worth following... regards, K-S

Sure, although I think in recent Russian history this has happened with less subtlety than other examples. Why can’t you topple democratically elected governments with covert means like everyone else? Yes, that’s the same saying. I’d say it was a small part of every person, although perhaps an...

Condoms for a start.