I thought it would be fun to do an A-Z of my blog (too much time on my hands?) so…
Self-help books. Are they a load of rubbish? Or do they actually work? Which ones are worth following and which…
Today is Queen Victoria’s birthday. We think of her as round and grim, the symbol of empire and the Victorian…
22nd May 1910. Having travelled from Forçados, Nigeria via the African Steamship Company, Gaudah Singh arrived at Liverpool, England. He…
‘There would be tears and there would be strange laughter. Fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings. And dreams, and…
I found this novel so dull that I ended up skim-reading the last half of it to see if anything…
For no reason whatsoever, here are some small problems which I find disproportionately irritating. It’s not a definitive list, these…
I had mixed feelings about the second volume of The Book of Dust. I liked it a lot better than…
Fascinating, surprising and informative, this book about the human body has Bill Bryson’s trademark dry humour. Having read several of…
John Green’s extremely successful YA book has translated to a compelling and heartbreaking romance film. It’s quite close to the…