We are delighted to be stockists of signed books of author, freelance producer/war correspondent , full time lecturer, Professor Paul Moorcraft. Ideal presents for men, woman and children.
He has a special connection with southern Africa. He taught at the Universities of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Natal, Cape Town and the Witwatersrand. He also worked closely with the Rhodesian/Zimbabwean armed forces and the SADF in the wars in Angola, Namibia and Mozambique to produce a series of acclaimed books. They include: A Short Thousand Years, Contact 2, African Nemesis, The Rhodesian War and Mugabe’s War Machine as well as travel books such as Inside the Danger Zones. His book on South Africa’s ‘Robin Hood’ – Stander: Bank Robber – was made into a major feature film.
Dr Moorcraft is a former senior instructor at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College. He also worked in Corporate Communications in the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall.
Dr Moorcraft is a regular broadcaster (BBC TV and radio, as well as Sky, Al Jazeera, CBC etc.) and op-ed/columnist for major international newspapers (the Guardian, New Statesman, Washington Times, Canberra Times, Business Day, Western Mail etc). One of his recent books is Shooting the Messenger: The Politics of War Reporting (2011).The Total Destruction of the Tamil Tigers: The Rare Victory of Sri Lanka’s Long War was published in 2012. Omar al-Bashir and Africa’s Longest War came out in 2015. He does charity work to help dyscalculics ─ It Just Doesn’t Add Up: Explaining Dyscalculia and Overcoming Number Problems for Children and Adults (Filament, Croydon, 2014). Dr Moorcraft is also an award-winning novelist; his best-known non-fiction is Anchoress of Shere.
Besides writing 2-3 books a year in his spare time, he is the director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis, London, and visiting professor at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Europe’s leading journalism centre.
Show her how much you love and appreciate her. Buy her a ticket to our Soirée. Good food, wine and music, what more could a girl wish for?
We also have a great selection of wine and gifts that she might enjoy, feel free to pop in for some friendly advice.
We have imported 3 red wines and one sumptuous port and all were highly rated at a recent VIP wine tasting event. We can't sing the praises of these wines enough, they're simply delicious!
Laurence Wells did an amazing job of organising a fantastic golf day raising money for the Christmas Lunch on Jesus (CLOJ) charity. This charity ensures those less fortunate get an opportunity of having a fantastic Christmas lunch like the rest of us.
700 bottles of gorgeous fine wine all the way from South Africa arriving this week!
Read more to find out about this exclusive selection of fantastic wine.
Wine lovers gathered at our Summer Food and Wine festival. We had around 80 wines to taste and even if I say so myself, there were some amazing wines. There was something for everyone – from light and fruity to deep, dark and brooding.
Last week we had the undeniable pleasure of meeting Neil Ellis, founder and winemaker of Neil Ellis wines. We were fortunate to taste 5 of his fine wines and found each one more pleasurable than the last!