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The Picnic by Matthew Longo – Review
By Barney Bardsley For those old enough to remember it, the fall of the Berlin Wall must count as one ... -
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 ... -
The Castle: A History by John Goodall – Review
By Sandra Callard This new book by John Goodall is a fascinating and unusual take on the castles of England ... -
The Celts by Simon Jenkins – Review
By Sandra Callard The Celts are something of a historical enigma. They came to Britain in the first or second ... -
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 ... -
Shadowlands by Matthew Green – Review
By Sandra Callard Historian Matthew Green has produced a book of spectacular beauty and massive interest. The lost villages and ... -
Sophia Elizabeth Lawrence: Ripon’s ‘Uncontrollable’ Political Operator
By Nan Sloane The 1832 Great Reform Act is generally seen as a landmark event in British history, the point ... -
Elizabeth and Mary edited by Susan Doran – Review
By Sandra Callard This beautifully arranged book covers the fascinating relationship between Elizabeth I, as an established and powerful queen, ... -
The Viking Great Army and the Making of England by Dawn M Hadley & Julian ...
By Sandra Callard The eighth and ninth century incursions of the Vikings into the not yet named Great Britain left ... -
The Fall of Robespierre by Colin Jones – Review
By Sandra Callard This huge and scholarly book by historian Colin Jones focuses in acute detail on the final hours ... -
The Invention of Sicily by James MacKay – Review
By Sandra Callard Sicily, now a popular tourist destination just off the coast of Southern Italy, has suffered a brutal ... -
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera – Review
By Jeff Halden This book’s sub-title is ‘How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain’, and it’s Sanghera’s argument in this fascinating ...