hoolet reviews
latest review - 2008
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Review
A review of several films showcased at this years' highly
successful Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
There is a rather annoying trend appearing that issues a
short description of the potentially offensive content of a film,
for example “contains strong language” or “contains
occasional mild violence” -that surely reserved for Tom &
Jerry. Several of this year’s films, set in the 40s or 50s, may
require the audience to be warned “contains smoking”; the sight of
so many cigarettes could easily upset.
reviews in the past - 2007
Bad
Medicine
David Wooton
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
This is an interesting book, but it is hard to see
what it is for. David Wooton does not do hatchet job on medicine,
as in the recurrent trend, but complains about how slow we are to
learn from our discoveries....
Armed
Madhouse
Greg Palast
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
This is Palast at his best. Smart, quick, scathing
and accurate. He tears through the Bush administration like Katrina
through a levee...
The Bullet
Trick
Louise Welsh
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
This is Louise Welsh's third book and if you read
The Cutting Room and enjoyed it, you are in for a treat. Louise
Welsh fulfills her promise and has written a very special
book...
Reflective
Practice Writing and Professional Development
Gillie Bolton
Reviewed by Lesley Morrison:
I've just been indulging in some deep reflection.
Actually, I've been preparing for my appraisal but deep reflection
sounds much more appealing. And reflective practice is, indeed, at
the heart of personal and professional development...
Secrets
from the Black Bag
Susan Woldenberg Butler
Reviewed by Louise Hallam:
Some of you may remember reading extracts from
this quirky collection of thirty two short narrative tales in the
BGJP last year. I have no back copies of the journal to hand but
the imagery and evocativeness of the contrasting deaths of two
children made the stories instantly memorable. Alec Logan, deputy
editor of our esteemed co-journal, is credited in the
acknowledgment for his superb editing and as such definitely had
first lick of the lolly in choosing these two tales to tempt
further reading....
The Medical
Detective
Sandra Hempel
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
This is a wonderful book. Intelligent, witty,
engrossing and very informative. Everyone knows of John Snow and
the Broad St pump, but this puts the man in perspective and his
achievement...
Plundering the
Public Sector
David Craig
Reviewed by Chris Johnstone:
David Craig is a management consultant poacher
turned gamekeeper. He is rightly horrified at what New Labour has
done with our taxpayer's money and has written an insider's view of
what they have wrought...
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