Hugh Pope
Author, Reporter, Editor
Category: Reviews of other books
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Review by Hugh Pope of Andrew Finkel’s excellent debut novel The Adventure of the Second Wife: The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan.
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CEO Nick Grono gives his recipe for success in nonprofit leadership and common pitfalls to avoid.
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First impressions as Jessica JJ Lutz publishes her new book ‘We-mind vs. Me-mind: A New Vision for Leadership and Success.’
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Review of and personal reflections about Tim Hannigan’s wonderful book ‘The Travel Writing Tribe’.
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In the best tradition of books written by foreign correspondents, Hannah Lucinda Smith offers a journey in brave and well-informed company. Whether explaining the grip of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Turkey, dodging Islamists in northern Syria or shining light into the backrooms of London’s relationship with Ankara, she’s a companion who writes frankly and…
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Review of Mike Giglio’s excellent, addictive account of seven years of fascination for the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS), its recruits, its origins and its enemies.
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A day out in Ankara with Dutch anthropologist-turned-media-pundit Joris Luyendijk, talking about his book Hello Everybody! and the state of media coverage of the Middle East
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Review of former Globe and Mail reporter Graeme Smith’s excellent book on his eight years in and about Afghanistan, which brilliantly conveys both the writers learning about and the lessons from an utterly misconceived conflict.
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Two French journalists set out on the trail of the massacres and deportations of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, and return with a book of extraordinary discoveries of Armenian survival in modern Turkey and a belief that today’s Turkish denial of an Armenian genocide is an extension of the early era’s crime.
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My review of Jack Scott’s book on life as half of a rare, overtly gay couple in Turkey – and how different that is from the covert but accepted homosexual mainstream.
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