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The White House Plumbers by Egil and Matthew Krogh – Review
By Karl Honsey As someone who has taken an interest in all things Watergate for many years now, this book, ... -
Get A Grip, Love by Kate Lucey – Review
By Helen Johnston We live in pretty depressing times. A cost-of-living crisis, broken health care system, broken railway system, and ... -
Am I Normal? by Sarah Chaney – Review
By Clare Jenkins Qatar’s World Cup ambassador recently caused a media storm by describing homosexuality as “damage in the mind”. ... -
Dancing in Time by Robert Hylton – Review
By Sandra Callard This unique book takes a startling look at the huge amount and variety of dancing throughout time. ... -
UFO Landings UK by Philip Mantle – Review
By Dominic Picksley “We could see the object in the opposite field, it was shaped like a fat cigar with ... -
The Lindisfarne Gospels by Eleanor Jackson – Review
By Sandra Callard This new book about The Lindisfarne Gospels is a wonderful way to see one of the most ... -
Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6 by Helen Fry – Review
By Karl Hornsey There are literally husbands of books around these days focusing on espionage, the intelligence services and their ... -
A History of Women in 100 Objects – Review
By Clare Jenkins So here’s a tricky question: if you were asked to choose one object to express a significant ... -
The Alexander Technique Workbook by Richard Brennan – Review
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe I found myself instinctively checking my posture as I read Richard Brennan’s paperback re-print of his seminal ... -
Chums by Simon Kuper – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten pages into this insider/outsider critique of the current Conservative leadership and I was looking up ‘tumbrils’ ... -
The Making of our Urban Landscape by Geoffrey Tyack – Review
By Sandra Callard This new book is a fascinating and scholarly read that brings to life things that we take ... -
Breaking the News edited by Jackie Harrison & Luke McKernan – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten years ago, working as a university lecturer, I set up a 12-week module called The History ...