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Month: October 2019

Elizabeth strout olive again
October 31, 2019

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Reviewed by Harriet I’ve reviewed two of Elizabeth Strout’s novels on Shiny [here] and [here] and both were brilliant. But possibly my favourite up…

Aciman Find Me
October 31, 2019

Find Me by André Aciman

Review by Anna Hollingsworth There are two kinds of novels to which I don’t want to see a sequel. There are, of course, the…

Home Work Julie Andrews
October 29, 2019

Home Work by Julie Andrews

with Emma Walton Hamilton Review by Annabel Julie Andrews’s first volume of memoir, Home, told us of her childhood, growing up during the war, and…

Violencia history spain jason webster
October 24, 2019

Violencia – A New History of Spain: Past, Present and the Future of the West, by Jason Webster

Review by Michael Eaude. Jason Webster takes a long, long view of Spanish history. Most history books concentrate on small chunks of time: this…

How to read a photograph
October 22, 2019

How to Read a Photograph: Understanding, Interpreting and Enjoying the Great Photographers by Ian Jeffrey Shiny New Books / Review by Liz Dexter Of course,…

Summer Isles Philip Marsden Granta
October 17, 2019

The Summer Isles by Philip Marsden

Reviewed by Peter Reason The Summer Isles is an account of a single-handed voyage from the south coast of England round the west of…

October 15, 2019

Inheritance by Jenny Eclair

Review by Laura Marriott “Beginnings, middles and ends; Peggy, Serena, Natasha and Bel. This is the room that binds them, this is how consequences…

gloucester Crescent william miller
October 15, 2019

Gloucester Crescent by William Miller

Review by Annabel Nestled between Primrose Hill and Camden Town in NW1, it’s hard to believe that Gloucester Crescent (and Regents Park Terrace which…

heaven my home attica locke
October 10, 2019

Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

Review by Gill Davies This powerful and engrossing novel continues a series of crime novels in which Attica Locke uses plot and suspense to…

October 10, 2019

Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie

Review by Peter Reason Kathleen Jamie is primarily known as a poet, but her prose writing is eagerly anticipated and widely acclaimed. Surfacing is…

Ann Patchett Dutch House
October 8, 2019

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Reviewed by Harriet Ann Patchett believes in goodness, arguably a most unfashionable belief in today’s world. In the bookstore she runs, there’s a sign:…

street art art essentials simon armstrong
October 8, 2019

Art Essentials: Street Art by Simon Armstrong

Review by Liz Dexter The Art Essentials series aims to be engaging, accessible, authoritative, richly illustrated and expertly written and conceived, and with a…

October 3, 2019

The Second Sleep by Robert Harris

Review by Basil Ransome-Davies In his indispensable primer What Is History? E. H. Carr underlines the point that ‘History’ has a double meaning: both the events,…

Margaret Atwood Testaments
October 1, 2019

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Reviewed by Ali Hope Although I have pre-ordered new releases a few times before it’s not something I do very often – and never…

confessions bookseller shaun bythell profile
October 1, 2019

Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Review by Simon As the cover of Confessions of a Bookseller tells us, Bythell is an international bestseller. A couple of years ago, The…

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