September 17, 2019 Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Wildest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer Review by Liz Dexter Lara is by her own account a bit scatter-brained. She’s been described as away with the fairies, didn’t see the…
September 17, 2019 Futurekind: Design by and for the People by Robert Phillips Review by Liz Dexter Robert Phillips is a senior tutor on the Design Products course at the Royal College of Art, as well as…
August 6, 2019 The Seafarers: A Journey Among Birds by Stephen Rutt Review by Liz Dexter This charming and perceptive book opens with a gut-wrenching account of taking off in a Very Small Plane from Kirkwall…
July 23, 2019 The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History by Michael J Benton Reviewed by Liz Dexter Michael J. Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the Palaeontology Research Group at the University of Bristol,…
June 18, 2019 Birds in the Ancient World by Jeremy Mynott Review by Liz Dexter Jeremy Mynott is both a classical scholar and a writer on birds, and his love and deep knowledge of both…
June 11, 2019 Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles Review by Liz Dexter This truly spectacular book would grace any coffee table with ease, but it’s more than just a pretty face, with…
May 16, 2019 Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez Review by Liz Dexter I felt a little overwhelmed facing up to reviewing this book, as there have been many reviews published since it…
April 9, 2019 The Art of Life Admin: How to do Less, do it Better, and Live More, by Elizabeth Emens Review by Liz Dexter Emens is a professor of Law who made the discovery a while back that there was something invisible and other…
March 12, 2019 Let Her Fly: A Father’s Journey and the Fight for Equality by Ziauddin Yousafzai with Louise Carpenter Review by Liz Dexter I received a copy of this book by Malala Yousafzai’s father from NetGalley and then managed to find a copy…
December 11, 2018 The Women’s Atlas by Joni Seager Review by Liz Dexter On the front of the book there’s a quote from Catherine Mayer, Co-Founder of the Women’s Equality Party: “The most…
November 8, 2018 Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman Review by Liz Dexter Cathy Newman is one of Channel 4 News’ main studio presenters and specialises in investigative journalism, too. Here she brings…
October 2, 2018 Viking Britain: A History by Thomas Williams Review by Liz Dexter Williams opens this wonderful, absorbing book with a big statement about how the Vikings are not afforded the same respect…
August 16, 2018 King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts by Claudia Gold Review by Liz Dexter Henry II, father of Richard Lionheart and King John, husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine and murderer by instruction of Thomas…
July 12, 2018 Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain by Miranda Aldhouse-Green Review by Liz Dexter Miranda Aldhouse-Green is a specialist in Romano-British studies and Iron Age archaeology and has written other books on myth and…
June 26, 2018 The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography Review by Liz Dexter “I hate autobiographies. They’re so fake”. That’s an astounding opening sentence but one that doesn’t really surprise, given that it’s…
May 22, 2018 Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1000 Years by Chase F. Robinson A beautiful object, as you can see from the cover image, this is published to be an accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, looking at…
May 8, 2018 Souvenir (Object Lessons) by Rolf Potts Review by Liz Dexter This book is part of the Object Lessons series, which exists to highlight the hidden lives of ordinary things. This…
March 20, 2018 Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes by Diane Atkinson Review by Liz Dexter This is a huge book in many senses of the word. It’s physically impressive enough to have arrived in a…
March 15, 2018 Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan Review by Liz Dexter This is a truly delightful book which is a MUST if you’re a 35-55 year old British person and a…
February 15, 2018 Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality by Jaron Lanier Review by Liz Dexter Jaron Lanier has been called the “Father of Virtual Reality” and he’s been involved with many of the main companies…
January 30, 2018 My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown Reviewed by Liz Dexter It’s the book everyone’s been waiting for that fills in the gaps left by Tony Blair’s autobiography and the various…
January 18, 2018 Eastern Horizons: Hitchhiking the Silk Road by Levison Wood Review by Liz Dexter It’s worth noting from the off that this is not a “new” travel book by the popular explorer, but a…
December 14, 2017 Icebreaker: A Voyage Far North by Horatio Clare Horatio Clare, who is quite an accomplished nature and travel writer, having a book on container ships and several on birds to his name,…
November 9, 2017 Women and Power by Mary Beard Reviewed by Liz Dexter Mary Beard is described as being ‘Britain’s best–known classicist on the inside front flap of this book. She’s also known…
September 28, 2017 Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing : Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language by Daniel Tammet Reviewed by Liz Dexter You may remember Tammet from his autism memoir, Born on a Blue Day, and his fascination with words and languages as…
