Captain Hook

A new book on Seventy Years of Books, plus Roberta Flack, handbags and Peter Pan.

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Amos Tutuola

The life of Amos Tutuola, a folk opera and how The Palm-Wine Drinkard inspired Chigozie Obioma.

Adventures scavenging in the bush to long journeys searching for… something.

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Marion Gilchrist in graduation cap and gown.

Marion Gilchrist, suffragette and the first female graduate of the University of Glasgow, was one of the first 2 women to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university.

#BurnsNight throwback. Will be writing some poetry later. 💙🤍💙

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Dot King, also known as the Broadway Butterfly

The latest edition of Seventy Years of books features Dick Tracy, an unsolved murder and aviation. #SeventyYearsOfBooks #history #AmReading #ThePalmWineDrinkard #aviation #LovelyToLookAt #BookSky 📚💙

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