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Happy birthday brother.

Crazy Rich Asians - John M Chu (2018) Don't know why I bothered, curiosity I guess. Tacky, lame and plastic fluff.

After hearing Dr Citino's brilliant lecture I had to read this immediately.

Victoria & Abdul - Stephen Frears (2017) Unexpectedly endearing film. I really enjoyed it.

Third book in the DCI Stone & DS Oliver trilogy. The previous two are great and well recommended.

Disc two Both discs. Prime Sarah. Lucas Pino - That's A Computer

Back To Life BBC Mother Father Son BBC final episode

Bosch season five.

Breaking Bad final season episode nine.

Second book in this series. Seriously gripping and atmospheric police procedural.

Absolutely. It's a classic, beautifully crafted film.

True, but the crucial assault was through the Ardennes.

We were taught nothing. Our history lessons barely touched on the 20th century or even the 19th century. I entered secondary school at the age of 11, in 1957, meaning that WW2 was very recent history, 12 years being the mere blink of an eye. More amazingly still, we were taught nothing of The Great War 1914-1918, the single event that transformed Europe. Everything I know has been self taught. A French person might know more about the Vichy govt. As far as I can see the Vichy govt. was a pure puppet of Germany and had zero credibility or independent decision making power. The role of the Maginot line is covered in the book. It did nothing to stop the German attack as they never made a direct assault on it apart from one unsuccessful assault at the northern end of the line. No further efforts were needed as the French army was defeated in other parts of the country resulting in surrender.

Although the lengthy passages about the French politics of the period were only of passing interest, the parts about the military campaign were quite eye opening and dispelled many of my ideas of an all powerful juggernaut sweeping everything aside. The reality was far more complex.

Paul Deitrich Jazz Ensemble - Forward Disc 2

An excellent writer and an engrossing police procedural. 2nd reading to prepare for the two following books in the series.