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Book review: The Nameless Dead by Brian McGilloway
The Troubles in Northern Ireland have rarely proved an attractive proposition for novelists, and Derry author and teacher Brian McGilloway’s ‘no frills’ crime thriller series set in the notoriously dangerous Borderlands is as dark as one would expect.
Book review: Deity by Steven Dunne
DID Steven Dunne do something bad in another life? It’s just a passing thought as his latest bone-chilling murder mystery takes evil to a new level!
Book review: The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
There are three principal players in Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s haunting tale of a ten-year-old boy who claims to be possessed by a 9,000-year-old demon ... but the starring role is unquestionably the author’s home city of Belfast.
Book review: Empire: The Leopard Sword by Anthony Riches
The Empire strikes back as historian and novelist Anthony Riches takes up the thrilling story of imperial fugitive Marcus Valerius Aquila, fighting as a centurion while on the run from the deadly forces of ancient Rome.
Book review: Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor
For those of us who did not live through the Second World War, our perceptions of the conflict are based primarily on school text books, the accounts of later generation historians and the fiction of a thousand films and novels.
Sport
Pock School jump into third
Pocklington School’s team came third in a national show jumping competition.
Field success for pupils
Three Pocklington students represented the school in the East Riding Athletics trials, held last week.
Woodhouse stay on top
Woodhouse Grange 243-7 (Hadfield 55, Young 54)
Alne 146-6 (Young 2-33)
Woodhouse Grange, visitors to a Lord’s final on four occasions, made the first positive step in the 2012 Yorkshire Tea National Village Cup on Sunday when they defeated Alne by 97 runs.
Solid batting by Pocklington
Malton and Old Malton 76-6 (Downey 3-9)
Pocklington 190-6 (Inns 56)
Pocklington travelled to Malton and Old Malton on Saturday to take the better of a draw (25 points) against their hosts.
Lifestyle
Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.
Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall
Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.
Book review: Master and God by Lindsey Davis
Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.
Book review: Traitor by Rory Clements
In 1593, Lancashire was a hotbed of closet Catholics who would happily see the Protestant Elizabeth I toppled from her throne ... and the sleepy market town of Ormskirk, nestling between Preston and Southport, was the centre of a deadly conspiracy.
Book review: Berlitz USA Handbook by Jennifer Paull and Annika Hipple
Whether you are grown-up ‘gappers’ or first-time adventurers, don’t head off on holiday this year without your ideal travelling companion.
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Weather for Pocklington
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 13 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North west
