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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 ... -
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 ... -
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem by Matthew Teller – Review
By Clare Jenkins Matthew Teller’s experiences of Jerusalem go back more than 40 years, to a family holiday in Israel ... -
Walking the Invisible: Following in the Brontës’ Footsteps by Michael Stewart – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is the story of an author’s obsession. It is an obsession that many people share with ... -
Recovery: the Lost Art of Convalescence by Dr Gavin Francis – Review
By Barney Bardsley Never has the publication of a book been more timely and welcome than this short but sagacious ... -
The Buddhist on Death Row by David Sheff – Review
By Sandra Callard This book is a fascinating, frightening and enlightening story about a man who spent most of his ... -
Gothic by Roger Luckhurst – Review
By @Roger Crow If you’re a movie fan, it’s a gateway to so many other art forms. For example, my ... -
The Revenge of the Real by Benjamin H. Bratton – Review
By Alex Mair For over 40-years there has been one economic consensus in the West; deregulate, privatise, shrink the size ... -
The Golden Apple of Samarkand by Lala Wilbraham – Review
By Sandra Callard This book is a gorgeous and momentous epic by any standards. It follows the huge changes that ... -
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two ...
By Karl Hornsey Historian and author Helen Fry has built up an impressive back catalogue over the years by focusing ...
