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Review of ‘Downton Shabby’ by Hopwood DePree

29/07/2022 nsford 5 Comments

Imagine that you are researching your family history and discover an ancient English mansion which belonged to your ancestors… but…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Hopwood DePree, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester’ by Nicola Tallis

08/07/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I’d never heard of Lettice Knollys before. This is the first proper biography of her, from the author of Crown…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Nicola Tallis, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Thirty Angry Ghosts’ by Mai Black

17/05/2022 nsford 6 Comments

A brilliant collection of poems from the perspectives of famous historical people. Inspiring, educational and thought-provoking, the poems bring history…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Mai Black, poetry, reviews

Review of ‘Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain’ by Matthew Green

11/03/2022 nsford Leave a comment

Vanished cities, towns and villages have a strange appeal. We can admire how nature takes over them while we mourn…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Matthew Green, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘A Taste for Poison’ by Neil Bradbury

06/03/2022 nsford 3 Comments

Never before have I been so repelled and fascinated at once by a book. This one is all about poisons…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Neil Bradbury, non-fiction, reviews, science, true crime

Review of ‘The BBC: A People’s History’ by David Hendy

28/02/2022 nsford 3 Comments

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turns 100 this year. This ambitious, enormous book is an ‘authorised’ history which makes extensive…

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

Dodgy romantic advice from old self-help guides

14/02/2022 nsford 8 Comments

Here’s something a bit different for you this Valentine’s Day. Last year, we had fictional dates from hell! The year…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, history, humans, random, reading, resources, Valentine's Day

Review of ‘Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain’ by Jeremy Paxman

05/11/2021 nsford 2 Comments

A fascinating chronicle of a vanished industry and a commodity which was once essential to every aspect of life in…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, history, Jeremy Paxman, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Free’ by Lea Ypi

11/10/2021 nsford Leave a comment

I knew very little about Albanian history before reading this book, so it was certainly educational. As a memoir, it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Lea Ypi, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Orwell’s Roses’ by Rebecca Solnit

05/10/2021 nsford 4 Comments

A unique mix of biography, journalism, politics and nature writing, this is a very thought-provoking book. I found the content…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, George Orwell, history, non-fiction, plants, Rebecca Solnit, reviews

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