I want to thank our readers for their wonderful response to the readers’ survey that we sent out in December last year. We received well over 600 responses and were heartened to find that our readership is generally very happy with News Weekly, both in content and in the then anticipated changes that have since been inaugurated. I can appreciate that some readers…

CROWN OF BLOOD: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis   Michael O’Mara Books, London Hardcover: 400 pages Price: AUD $29.99 Reviewed by Bill James   Most people know (or most people used to know!) that King Henry VIII was succeeded by his three children by three different mothers: Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Fewer…

LABOR AND SANTAMARIA   by Robert Murray   Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne Paperback: 103 pages Price: AUD $24.95 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb   The Aeolian Islands lie in the Tyrrhenian Sea, to the north of Sicily. This island group has two active volcanoes, Stromboli and Vulcano. Technically, the Aeolian Islands belong to Sicily, but they are not of Sicily. During…