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Hilary Mantel: A Memoir of my Former Self – Review
By Barney Bardsley When novelist Hilary Mantel died in 2022, there was a real and palpable sense of loss – ... -
90+2: Last Minute Moments That Changed Football History by John Boland – Review
By Karl Hornsey The history of any sport is littered with ‘Sliding Doors’ moments and questions of what might have ... -
Brian Moore Saved Our Sundays by Matt Eastley – Review
By Karl Hornsey Matt Eastley is no stranger to writing nostalgic football books that look back on a time when ... -
It’s Coming Home (Probably) by John McNicoll – Review
By Karl Hornsey With the European Championship just around the corner, and England regarded as favourites to win the trophy ... -
One Shilling: The Football Programme Design Revolution by Matt Caldwell and Alan Dein – Review
By Karl Hornsey The football programme has been part of the matchday experience for millions of people from the day ... -
A Culture of Kits by John Blair – Book Review
By Steve Crabtree Football kits have always been more than just sportswear; they are icons of football culture. And, as ... -
Euro 1984: The Greatest Tournament You Never Saw by Aidan Williams – Review
By Karl Hornsey Having focused in his last book on the greatest teams to miss out on World Cup glory, ... -
Putin and the Return of History by Martin Sixsmith, with Daniel Sixsmith – Review
By Barney Bardsley Hard to forget the euphoria of November 1989: the fall of the Berlin Wall; the collapse of ... -
Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman’s House by Gilbert McCarragher – Review
By Barney Bardsley Prospect Cottage stands in solitary splendour on the wild shingle beach at Dungeness. Its canary yellow window ... -
Your Wild and Precious Life by Liz Jensen – Review
By Barney Bardsley Raphael Coleman was a young environmental activist – just 25 years old – when he collapsed suddenly ... -
A Year of Birdsong & A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe In these early days of a new springtime when the chorus of birds is slowly swelling and ... -
How Coppola Became Cage by Zach Schonfeld – Review
By Roger Crow Nicolas Cage has been part of Hollywood’s bedrock for so long it’s hard to imagine life without ...