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No Live Files Remain by András Forgách – Review
By Barney Bardsley Imagine this. You have a glamorous, energetic, gifted mother. She is a nurse. She is an organiser. ... -
Islander by Patrick Barkham – Review
By David Schuster Islander is a beautiful, lyrical Tardis-like book. On the face of it, it is a travelogue of ... -
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan – Review
By Rachael Popow I don’t just have fond memories of my favourite children’s books, I still have a lot of ... -
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy – Review
By Barney Bardsley IN 1989 Deborah Levy published her first novel, Beautiful Mutants. Short, intense, exotic, this story follows a ... -
You Say You Want a Revolution? – Review
By Victoria Holdsworth This small hardback book gives you an in-your-face insight into the swinging sixties, and it is suitable ... -
The Cow Book by John Connell – Review
By Barney Bardsley Those of you with a squeamish disposition, look away now. This book – a seasonal memoir of ... -
Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life by Tracy Tynan – Review
By Sarah Morgan You get the impression that being the offspring of famous parents isn’t easy. People have preconceived notions ... -
Spaceport Earth by Joe Pappalardo – Review
By Roger Crow In 2011, while on a Press trip to Florida, I settled into my Orlando bed after a ... -
One Man and a Mule by Hugh Thomson – Review
By Karl Hornsey Think of a mule and what comes into your head? Probably the expression ‘stubborn as a mule’ ... -
Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation by Bob Roth – Review
By Barney Bardsley Just those two words – Transcendental Meditation – are enough to send you wafting off on a ... -
When Arthur Met Maggie by Patrick Hannan – Review
By Rich Barnett What ifs? History and politics is full of such questions, and Patrick Hannan’s When Arthur Met Maggie, ... -
Myths That Shaped Our History by Simon Webb – Review
By Sandra Callard Simon Webb’s eminently readable book may draw gasps of horror, disbelief, or disdain. It may even elicit ...











