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The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless by Christina Lamb
Category: Culture and Ideas
'There will be an avalanche of books about the pandemic. None will be as eye-opening or humane or moving as Lamb's' DAILY TELEGRAPH A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain When Covid-19 hit the UK and lockdown was declared, Mike Matthews wondered how his four-star hotel ...Show more
The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless: A True Story of Love and Compassion Amid a Pandemic by Christina Lamb
Category: Biography
A story of worlds colliding and a snapshot of modern Britain – with all its goodness and warmth, and all its problems. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the government launched its ‘Everyone In' programme, aiming to house the homeless through lockdown. The Prince Rupert, a 4∗ hotel in Shrewsbury with four ...Show more
The Sewing Circles of Herat by Christina Lamb
Category: Biography Memoir
Ten years ago, Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people fought against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people. A gold-inscribed invitation to a wedding in Pakistan led Christina Lamb to leave subu ...Show more
The Sewing Circles of Herat - A Memoir of Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
Category: Travel
Long haunted by her experiences in Afghanistan, Lamb returned there after last year's attack on the World Trade Centre to find out what had become of the people and places that had marked her life as a young graduate.This time seeing the land through the eyes of a mother and experienced foreign correspo ...Show more