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How The Beatles Rocked the World by Stephen F. Kelly – Review
By Clare Jenkins The old saying is ‘If you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t there’. Stephen F. Kelly remembers ... -
Pauline Boty: British Pop Art’s Sole Sister by Marc Kristal – Review
By Clare Jenkins There’s a fascinating BBC Monitor film, dating from 1962 and directed by Ken Russell, called Pop Goes ... -
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 – Review
By Clare Jenkins Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting shows a woman at an artist’s easel, brown apron ... -
Mr Pottermack’s Oversight T by R Austin Freeman – Review
By Sarah Morgan Here’s a neat little fact for you: the Columbo TV series came about because American TV executives ... -
A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder by Gay Marris – Review
By Sarah Morgan The year 1968 was full of extraordinary events in Britain. Enoch Powell made his notorious ‘Rivers of ... -
Goodbye To Russia by Sarah Rainsford – Review
By Barney Bardsley The beginning of Sarah Rainsford’s story is not on page one of this book, but on page ... -
Trelawny’s Cornwall by Petroc Trelawny – Review
By Clare Jenkins Petroc Trelawny is a hero in our house. Presenter of Radio 3’s Breakfast show, his was the ... -
One Garden Against the World by Kate Bradbury – Review
By Barney Bardsley When wildlife writer Kate Bradbury started to write this book, in April 2022, she was filled with ... -
Remarkable Motor Races by Andrew Benson – Review
By Liam Bird Remarkable Motor Races might just as well have been called Remarkable Motor Racing Circuits, or something thereabouts, ... -
A Mudlarking Year by Lara Maiklem – Review
By David Schuster Lara Maiklem is a magician, pulling beauty out of the ooze of the River Thames both literally ... -
Lions in the Wilderness by Clive and Joe Hetherington – Review
By Karl Hornsey As England fans recover from their second successive European Championship final defeat, this excellent book by Clive ... -
Our Holiday by Louise Candlish – Review
By Helen Johnston This drama about the conflict between rich holiday home owners and locals struggling to afford a place ...
