The Arts Society Newbury lecture: The Sahara as Palimpsest by Eamonn Gearon on Tuesday, June 21. Review by JACKIE CHAMBERLAIN
The Arabist Eamonn Gearon has spent much of his life working and travelling in the Middle East, “from Kabul to Casablanca”, a lot of it on a camel. He is the author of many books on the area, a regular lecturer at universities and other institutions and has recently been elected Fellow of the Royal Historical…