Book Reviews & Articles

"Reading is the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding." Bill Gates in an interview with the New York Times in 2016

Everyone in a leadership position knows that gaining knowledge, remaining curious and being challenged are good and even essential ways to keep on top of things.

We all have our reading lists, but too often it’s hard to find time to get started with them. So we’ll provide a regular review by Ophicleide, one of our associates, to tempt us to read the actual book! And we are more than happy to accept reviews from others. Do please contact us if you have one to present.

November 2021

Ernest Bevin - Labour's Churchill by Andrew Adonis and Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

THESE books stand in contrast. Both are intelligent and readable, and their authors are knowledgeable. They focus upon three political figures : Ernest Bevin, Joe Biden and Donald Trump —two of them prejudiced, two of them combative, two of them observantly Christians, two of them humorous, two of them admirable. It is easy for any reader to work out who fits where.

Ernest Bevin - Labour's Churchill by Andrew Adonis and Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa