This post is off-topic from this blog’s normal subject matter, for reasons explained below.

Background

My father was a dispatch rider for the Royal Army Ordinance Corps, in Palestine, between 1946 and 1948. During that time a terrorist organisation called Irgun planted a bomb at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which was then the headquarters of the British Army and the Palestine government. It killed 91 people. Read more »

Hello Everybody

People keep asking for something to explain the book to their friends. Apparently my explanations are over-complicated, so I’ve lifted three sets of other people’s words (below).

The only thing which matters now is word of mouth. I’d be astoundingly grateful if you’d spread the word, using one of the explanations below, or one of your own. Read more »

There follows an election statement from the Jolly Pilgrim.

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