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Review of ‘Challenger’ by Adam Higginbotham

28/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

28th January, 1986. The space shuttle Challenger tragedy. As with his excellent book about the Chernobyl disaster (an event which…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Adam Higginbotham, books, history, reviews, science

Review of ‘Chinese Whispers’ by Jan Wong

07/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

In 1973, while studying at Beijing University during the Cultural Revolution – a rare ‘foreigner’ from Canada – the author…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Jan Wong, memoir, reviews

Review of ‘Bobby on the Beat’ by Bob Dixon

05/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

This is a memoir of policing in the London East End, 1960s. The good old days, sort of. The author…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Bob Dixon, books, history, reviews, true crime

Review of ‘The Wager’ by David Grann

06/11/2024 nsford Leave a comment

A true story of shipwreck, mutiny, murder, scurvy, battles, terrible storms, and more. As with David Grann’s other books Killers…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Grann, history, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by David Grann

30/09/2024 nsford 2 Comments

A shocking true crime narrative from the author of The Lost City of Z. This award-winning book dives deep into…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Grann, history, non-fiction, reviews, true crime

Review of ‘About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks’ by David Rooney

06/02/2024 nsford Leave a comment

I thought it was ‘about time’ I had a go at this horological history book which had been waiting on…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Rooney, history, non-fiction, reviews, technology

Review of ‘Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity’ by Greg Jenner

06/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A fun, irreverent history book which attempts to define ‘celebrity’, with many examples of people from history – were they…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Greg Jenner, history, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Lynn Russell and Neil Hanson

14/08/2023 nsford Leave a comment

These true life stories of several women who worked as redcoats at Butlin’s holiday camps were a good read, even…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Hands of Time’ by Rebecca Struthers

03/05/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I’ve previously read about the history of time – that is, our need to measure time – but this book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, design, history, non-fiction, Rebecca Struthers, reviews, science

Review of ‘Lucky Jack’ by S Bavey

04/04/2023 nsford 2 Comments

A brilliant read about a man who had an extremely interesting, colourful and lucky life – Jack Rogers, the author’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, memoir, reviews

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