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Affect and effect

Thursday, April 5th, 2018

Thanks to Professor Malcolm Gibson’s Wonderful World of Words:   You can affect an effect (but you shouldn’t effect an affect — that’s acting)      The words “affect” and “effect” are frequently misused and confused, one being used incorrectly in place of the other. But they have no senses in common.  Both words can be […]



Are You Going to do That Little Jump? A life in acting.

Friday, March 16th, 2018

Robert Gillespie on how books are born out of a lifetime of acting.   I didn’t expect to have a daughter. I didn’t expect to be English. Or, more accurately, British.   I really didn’t think I’d be on the same stage as Richard Burton and Claire Bloom – or Robert Hardy. Heard of them? […]



Saqi Books

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

From time to time we discover a publisher we think might be of interest to out clients.   Saqi Books is an independent publishing house of quality general interest and academic books on North Africa and the Middle East. Source: Saqi Books



The best recent thrillers – review roundup | Books | The Guardian

Saturday, March 3rd, 2018

There is nothing quite like a good thriller and, in my opinion, there hasn’t been anything like a good thriller released for a few years now. Here are some suggestions from the Guardian. Email us at info@theoxfordeditors.co.uk if you if have read a good new thriller this year – or if you have written one. […]



(76) 1. Introductions – YouTube

Saturday, February 24th, 2018