Vanished cities, towns and villages have a strange appeal. We can admire how nature takes over them while we mourn…
Never before have I been so repelled and fascinated at once by a book. This one is all about poisons…
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turns 100 this year. This ambitious, enormous book is an ‘authorised’ history which makes extensive…
Here’s something a bit different for you this Valentine’s Day. Last year, we had fictional dates from hell! The year…
A fascinating chronicle of a vanished industry and a commodity which was once essential to every aspect of life in…
I knew very little about Albanian history before reading this book, so it was certainly educational. As a memoir, it…
A unique mix of biography, journalism, politics and nature writing, this is a very thought-provoking book. I found the content…
This is a thorough, straightforward biography of Margaret Beaufort (1443 – 1509), the mother of King Henry VII, by historian…
Essential reading if you want an overview of the civil rights movements in 1960s and 70s America. I would also…
If ever a book will make you crave lemons, it’s this one. I bought some and made lemon cake. This…