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Shakespeare: A Playgoer’s & Readers Guide – Review
By Sandra Callard This concise new book with the slightly cumbersome title will tell the average devotee of Shakespeare just ... -
Man Down by Matt Rudd – Review
By Helen Johnston The subtitle to this book is Why Men Are Unhappy and What We Can Do About It ... -
Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics by Tom Keymer – Review
By Jeff Halden At 167 pages, including references and an index, this short book aims to explore the major themes ... -
Signs of Murder by David Wilson – Review
By Sarah Morgan I’d never heard of the murder of Margaret McLaughlin before picking up David Wilson’s fascinating, if flawed, ... -
The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns edited by Mitzi Szereto – Review
By Sarah Morgan I’ve got a bone to pick with whoever came up with the title of this tome. It ... -
Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace by Nigel Cawthorne – Review
By Sandra Callard This is, without a doubt, one of the most explosive investigations to be seen in print in ... -
The Boy With Two Hearts by Hamed Amiri – Review
By Sandra Callard Author Hamed Amiri was born in Afghanistan in 1990 and left it in 2000, or rather fled ... -
Women of Westminster by Rachel Reeves – Review
By Gail Schuster Author, Rachel Reeves is Labour MP for Leeds West, a position she has held since 2010. She ... -
Marram by Leonie Charlton – Review
By Barney Bardsley Two women, Leonie and Shuna, ride off on their Highland ponies, Ross and Chief, one summer’s morning. ... -
Court Number One by Thomas Grant – Review
By Sandra Callard Thomas Grant’s book about famous trials at the Old Bailey is a revelation. A superlative book about ... -
Tall Tales and Wee Stories by Billy Connolly – Review
By James Robinson Having retired from live performances last year, Billy Connolly has decided at last to commit his best-loved ... -
The Case of Sherlock Holmes by Andrew Glazzard – Review
By Karl Hornsey Think you know all about Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world’s most famous fictional detective? Well, you may ...