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WALSH, Michael
For almost all his (full-time) working life Michael Walsh was a member of the academic staff of Heythrop College, University of London. This is a Jesuit foundation, and for twenty years he was a member of the Society of Jesus.
Now married with two daughters, he lives in North London. Given his background, his expertise is in Catholicism, particularly in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, but he also frequently writes and broadcasts on contemporary religious issues on both British, Canadian and US television channels, and on BBC radio – as well as other radio stations in North America and South Africa. He has a particular expertise in the history of the papacy, and has just completed a revision of J.N.D. Kelly’s Oxford Dictionary of Popes for OUP. His best-known book, however, is The Secret World of Opus Dei, which has been translated into a large number of languages (including Korean!)… Read the rest of this entry »
WARRINGTON, Freda
Freda Warrington is known for the lush sensuality of her writing, in which she creates compelling characters and weirdly atmospheric worlds.
Her eighteen novels so far include Elfland (2009), A Taste of Blood Wine (1992), The Jewelfire Trilogy (1999, 2000, 2001) and The Court of the Midnight King (2003). She won The Dracula Society Award for Best Novel with Dracula the Undead (1997), and the British Fantasy Society short-listed The Amber Citadel (1999) for Best Fantasy Novel. Her earlier novels, A Blackbird in Silver (1986), A Blackbird in Darkness (1986), A Blackbird in Amber (1988) and A Blackbird inTwilight (1988), have now been reissued by Immanion Press both in both separate and omnibus editions. Her short stories have appeared in various anthologies, the latest of which is Myth-Understandings published by Newcon Press… Read the rest of this entry »
WESTON, Richard
Richard Weston is Professor of Architecture at Cardiff University and director of Richard Weston Studio. His monograph on the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto won the 1995 Sir Banister Fletcher Prize, while Modernism received the International Book Award of the American Institute of Architects in 1996.
Recent books include the first comprehensive account of the work of Jørn Utzon, architect of Sydney Opera House; Plans, Sections and Elevations: Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century; and Materials, Form and Architecture, hailed as ‘a wonderfully perceptive and readable book’ in The Architects’ Journal. Read the rest of this entry »