Welcome aboard!

It's an absolutely brilliant and fascinating book. As you could probably tell from my review, I really enjoyed reading it!

There was also a recently published 'reply' to "The Outsider", written from the perspective of the unnamed Arab's brother: "The Meursault Investigation" (2015) by Kamel Daoud.

That's right! - I cited your 'Speech of the Subaltern Transcribed' article which was really useful for me in thinking through elements of one of my chapters which might be of interest to you ... (Chapter 5). Many thanks! - Good to know Google Scholar works (sometimes, at least)!

Thanks, Ariana - that's very kind. Hope there might be something of interest in there for you!

Many thanks, Mikko. Your post is the first notification I've had that it's been uploaded to the college library's website! - Feeling more than slightly trepidatious knowing it's finally out there making its way into the big wide world.

Yep, that World History one and the one on Archaeology were my favs! - Hopefully my old copies went on to similarly inspire/entertain someone else in the way they did me.

I remember kids fighting over the ghosts and monsters ones in our school library!

Ha, ha! - I really wish I'd kept hold of mine. I'd love to look back at them now. I had quite a few history ones and would spend hours looking at all the really intricate drawings in them, plus an excellent Science Dictionary.

Usborne books were the best!

That's barely enough time to properly sharpen a pencil.

I agree. I had to use the Harvard referencing system (Repeatedly, 1994) throughout my undergraduate degree (Repeatedly, 1997). I've always thought it's like being poked in the eye (Repeatedly, 1994, Poked, 1997) while reading (Repeatedly, 1994; Repeatedly, 1997). But cool, re: MA essay>> article. 😎👍

There always used to be a blue Trabant parked in one of the back streets near the University of London's Senate House. I'm not sure if it's still there these days, but always used to make me smile whenever I saw it there.

There's also a longer, more in-depth version of this which is well worth watching: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...