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A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel
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A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel

Since the end of the second World War in 1945, we've heard various accounts of life under the Nazis, predominantly from leading historians telling about the brutality of the regime…
Posted by By Tom Stanger August 22, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra
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Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra

“Voids are complex because they are nothing at all, and yet everything at once,” writes Kris Manjapra in his new book, Black Ghost of Empire: the Long Death of Slavery and…
Posted by By Lake Markham August 22, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Three Women of Herat by Veronica Doubleday
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Three Women of Herat by Veronica Doubleday

I think I share a common conception, or misconception, of Afghanistan, a country that has always seemed distant, alien and mysterious to many of us, which is more likely to…
Posted by By Tom Stanger August 15, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead
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Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead

For me, a new title by Tim Birkhead has been a must-read ever since I came across his The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Birds a few years…
Posted by By Ian Tattum August 3, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Thunderstone by Nancy Campbell
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Thunderstone by Nancy Campbell

Lockdown wasn’t easy for most people, but Nancy Campbell left her home and relocated to a caravan on the outskirts of Oxford. This may sound idyllic, but Campbell’s account of…
Posted by By Emma Russell July 25, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Rhythms of Nature by Ian Carter
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Rhythms of Nature by Ian Carter

Yesterday I was in the marvellous Etches Collection in Kimmeridge. Along the walls are examples of marine fossils and explanations about what we know about the lives of the animals…
Posted by By Ian Tattum June 27, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
The Hill of Devi by E. M. Forster
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The Hill of Devi by E. M. Forster

To my shame I hadn't read anything by E.M. Forster, but there was something about The Hill of Devi that I found encapsulating, enigmatic in its description that encouraged me…
Posted by By Tom Stanger June 17, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020 Landlines By Will Abberley, Christina Alt, David Higgins, Graham Huggan and Pippa Marland.
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Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020 Landlines By Will Abberley, Christina Alt, David Higgins, Graham Huggan and Pippa Marland.

This is a beautifully produced and fascinating study of nature writing from Gilbert White to the present. Being a book aimed at the academic market it is very expensive and…
Posted by By Ian Tattum May 30, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
The Past is a Dangerous Driver by Neal Mason
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The Past is a Dangerous Driver by Neal Mason

Neal Mason is a mature poet who has been publishing collections of his work since the early 1990s and has appeared in many poetry magazines. I had not previously come…
Posted by By Ian Tattum May 23, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments
The Language of Bees by Rae Howells
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The Language of Bees by Rae Howells

I often wonder how difficult it is for writers to select which pieces of their work they will include in a collection. The burning question for them must be -…
Posted by By Sharon Carr May 19, 2022Posted inBooksNo Comments

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