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New book tells the tale of the love story between Sally Landau and her chess pro husband Tal

May 10, 2019 by Read Sector

CHESS Checkmate! by Sally Landau (Elk and Ruby £17.99, 223 pp) No one said it was easy to be married to a genius. Especially one with appalling medical problems. Yet that was Sally Landau’s choice. In 1959, at the age of 19, she married Mikhail ‘Misha’ Tal. A year later he was to become, at … Read more

The inside story on cycling safaris in Africa

April 1, 2019 by Read Sector

Saddle up for a really wild ride: The inside story on cycling safaris in Africa Cycle safaris tend to be small group tours with an average of 16 guests Travelling on a bike is practically silent, so you see more animals undisturbed But you’re unlikely to see the ‘big five’ African safari animals from your … Read more