Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent typ
′I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.′When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot
The ability to diagnose melanomas and ensure that they are properly and swiftly treated can save lives.The latter part of this century has witnessed a rise in the incidence of this life-threatening fo
It must be every sailor's dream to leave their home shores behind and cruise the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, but to get there you must first cross the Atlantic. A daunting prospect? Not so, is
Homer’s Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters’ motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful l
A myth-busting insider’s account of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that destroyed US influence in the country and transformed the politics of the Middle East and the world. James Buchan was studying
