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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 ... -
The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor – Review
By Clare Jenkins In 1977, Ian Dury released his song, ‘Reasons to be Cheerful Pt 3’. It included references to ... -
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Philip Mantle and Irena McCammon Scott – Book Review
By Dominic Picksley Roswell and Rendlesham Forest remain two of the most famous UFO cases of all time, incidents from ... -
Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by Victoria Smith – Review
By Clare Jenkins Thirty years ago, way before LGBTQI+ politics became A Thing, I did an MA in Women’s Studies. ... -
Second City by Richard Vinen – Review
By Clare Jenkins The theatre critic Kenneth Tynan once described his home town of Birmingham as “the ugliest city in ... -
Seva: Sikh Wisdom for Living Well by Doing Good by Jasreen Mayal Khanna – Review
By Clare Jenkins This sounded so promising. According to the publisher’s blurb: “Think of any scene of disaster and you’ll ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
