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selection; People magazine called it ‘heartwrenching
and funny’, while the Reader’s
Digest included it on its ‘Don’t Miss List’.
Richard Brett-Knowles (1941, Physics)
has participated in an oral history project
organised by the British Library. Entitled ‘An
Oral History of British Science’, the series
documents the lives of the scientists and
engineers at the heart of Britain’s twentieth
century scientific endeavour. He describes
his wartime experiences in developing secret
radar technology, while studying at Catz.
Limestone Hills, the farm owned by Gareth
Renowden (1972, Human Sciences), became
the first truffiere in New Zealand to produce
three main commercial species of truffle. In
October 2012, Gareth published the first book
in a planned speculative fiction
trilogy. The
Aviator: The
Burning World
is a satire set
in a near future
being battered
by rapid climate
change, and
owes a debt to
Gulliver’s Travels.
Harriet Sergeant (1974, English) has
recently published Among the Hoods: My
Years with a Teenage Gang, documenting a
dramatic three years she sent befriending a
teenage gang in London. The book charts her
encounter with the gang leader Tuggy Tug,
and a growing friendship which is described
as offering Harriet a new understanding of
the deprivation and despair many young
people encounter. The Independent called it
a ‘candid, and deeply affecting report’, while
David Lammy MP, writing for The Telegraph,
praised the book for offering ‘a window into
the personal journey of a remarkable woman’.
Sonia Taitz (1976, English) has recently
published, The Watchmaker’s Daughter,
telling ‘the fishout-of-water
story
of a young Jewish
girl, the daughter
of Holocaust
survivors, and her
life at Oxford’.
Vanity Fair included
it in their ‘Hot Type’
Dr Mustafah Dhada (1977, Social Studies)
has recently published America: Have We
Crossed The Rubicon, which appeared in
the November 2012 edition of Empirical
magazine. Mustafah, who himself contributed
to the constitution of his native Mozambique,
asks whether the US Constitution has been
circumvented in a range of areas, including
elections, the censorship and control of
media, and corporate influence over elected
officials.
Frank Hinks (1986, Law) has recently
published, to glowing reviews, The Body
Collector, the fifteenth book in the Ramion
series which he writes and illustrates. Since
1995 he has produced over 400 full page
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