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And re 'Total War', the answer is 'very little'. 'Stranger than Fiction' only devotes three pages at the beginning of Chapter Ten to Total War, and the two War Papers on which it was based (14 & 20) are not reproduced. Possibly because Total War (or a version of it) had already been published, and p...

Jim

Thanks for that. I've just ordered a copy on the back of your post. I'll let you know if DW is mentioned.

All best !

Thanks, Ken !
May we please have a slot to discuss the Fieldtrip at the Convention ?

Best to all !

Thanks,Darren, I'm delighted the idea finds favour with you. Regrettably so far the only interest I have seen is what you can see on this page, so at the moment we're are some way away from having a critical mas for what Franklin and I would most like to do - to end up with a champagne reception (th...

Dear All, Good news - I've just heard back from the hotel, and prices for this year will be the same as for last year. i.e. Friday night B&B £109.00 Standard/superior double £139.00 Deluxe rooms £159.00 Suites Saturday night plus Saturday Convention £179.00 Standard/superior double £199.00 Delu...

Put that way, I think you're absolutely right about how DW would have voted !

Best as always !

And just to say I'll contact the hotel shortly to confirm costs etc and be back with the details as soon as I can ...

Ken's latest on the 2016 Convention prompts a post on something that Franklin and I have been discussing on-and-off. We have been wondering if at some stage we should have a London Field Trip. We could see the sites (and in two or three places the actual buildings) where DW lived, visit the road whe...

Thanks Ken - your thoughts much appreciated.

I agree with you DW would have been a Brexiteer with reluctance, but I'm sure as with all of us, it would have been a very tough decision.

Be interesting now to see how it all plays out ...

To bring this thread back to Wheatley-land, I really wonder which way DW would have voted. He loved Europe, with its wines and individual cultures, and had strong views on how it should be re-organised post World War II - as evidenced by some of his War Papers reprinted in Stranger Than Fiction. He ...

They are very curious stories, and were originally in the Humphreys collection.

This is the only case I am aware of where stories have been given a 'restricted audience'.

Sign up and enjoy ... and then explain the stories to me !

Best as always !

Thanks, Steve,

I absolutely agree with you.

Although DW was not keen on it, I thought it flowed beautifully ... and the ending without saying too much was a lifetime disappointment to me ! Someone good needs to write the sequels.

All best

Research done - sorry it took a while, but I was in South East Asia last month, and it's taken me a while to dig myself back into everything. Farmers Weekly appears to have come out every Friday, and each week they seem to have reprinted two chapters from the book. Nearly everything is as per the pu...

Similar question to the one in my last post - how much did you, Steve, or indeed other posters, enjoy it ? I don't believe DW thought too much of it (reasons to follow in an update later this year, dv), but I must confess I rather enjoyed it, and I felt very sorry for Julian being let down in love y...

Steve,

Excellent review as always !

It's a long time since I read the book (I guess I was in my teens), so I have forgotten a lot of it.

One thing you don't say though ...

How do you rate it ?

How much did you enjoy it ?

Best as always !