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A WRITER’S DOZEN
By Cedric Pulford
A typical writing career goes like this: first book makes little or no stir, but it’s good enough for more to be commissioned. The author builds up to a professional heyday; then follows a long period of silence and finally respectful obituaries at age eighty or so. But, as this miscellany shows, some famous writers have done it differently. Perhaps they have a hit with their first book and never repeat its success; or publish only one book, which however is a triumph; or continue writing into advanced old age. It seems the only timeline for letters is that there is no timeline.
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Thomas Hardy (left) – by William Strang
Laurence Sterne (right) – by Sir Joshua Reynold
THE DOROTHY DILEMMA
Home and Away in the Jet Age
By Cedric Pulford
Flying is good for people but bad for the planet – it’s the dilemma at the heart of this engrossing study of aviation’s soaraway growth. With emerging nations like China, India and Brazil increasingly demanding the travel privileges of the West, and the aviation lobby in full battle mode, this most polluting form of travel is all set to undermine the world’s efforts to combat climate change. The Dorothy Dilemma also explores topical concerns about flying like noise, safety and the spread of drones.
Timid politicians hide behind pious hopes for high tech solutions, and dare not confront the reality that we are simply flying too much. Dorothy Gale famously travelled to the land of Oz only to discover that there’s no place like home. In The Dorothy Dilemma, veteran journalist and author Cedric Pulford shows how the little girl from Kansas may have a lesson for us all.
The Dorothy Dilemma was published in 2016. Because Ituri has ceased publishing books, the full text is made available here as a free download for personal use. All commercial uses of the book in whole or part continue to need the publisher’s advance approval (contact: ituribooks@yahoo.co.uk)
SUNSET OVER THE ZAMBEZI
African Memoirs, Northern Rhodesia 1958-1965
By Tony Noel
The author of this memoir was a District Officer during the sunset years of colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia as it morphed into Zambia. After the isolation of a bush station in the Eastern Province and other postings around the country, TONY NOEL found himself in the capital, Lusaka, as part of the first general election team. Then romance enters the story, with a wedding in the shadow of a security alert whilst acting as District Commissioner Mumbwa. Finally, it was back to the realities of life in the UK
BAROTSELAND: A UNIQUE AFRICAN KINGDOM
By Cedric Pulford
It is one of Africa’s most dramatic tourist attractions, but the water-borne Kuomboka ceremony of the Lozi people in western Zambia remains at the heart of their culture, says CEDRIC PULFORD in this research note
MY DINNER WITH JEAN
Encounter in Paris with a screen idol
By Cedric Pulford
In 1959, then-student editor CEDRIC PULFORD invited the young American actress Jean Seberg to write an article for Oxford Opinion. This led to a memorable encounter in Paris, and a lifelong fascination with the star
SHAKESPEARE, A PASSION WITH NO CURE
By Paul M.S. Hopkins
PAUL M.S. HOPKINS tells how he has pursued a lifelong love of Shakespeare from school halls to the Stratford Memorial Theatre
