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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 ... -
Salute! The Inside Story of England’s Own Goal at Berlin’s Olympiastadion by John Leonard Review
By Karl Hornsey With remarkably prescient timing, John Leonard’s book covers an infamous moment in English sporting history, just as ... -
All Fours by Miranda July – Review
By Barney Bardsley Miranda July’s new novel is definitely not for the fainthearted. Raucous, raw, and sexually explicit, it follows ... -
Euro 88 by Steven Scragg – Review
By Karl Hornsey Steven Scragg has carved himself a nice little niche in recent years, authoring books on the fondly ... -
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 – ...
