Precipice by Robert Harris
Robert Harris has the knack of finding interesting historical individuals or events around which to…
Author Philip Cottam
Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain
As the Labour government seeks to establish its credentials, it is still far too early…
My Russia, War or Peace?
Given how much has been written about Putin’s Russia and the background to the invasion…
A Tyrolean Tour in the Zillertal
Ex-army major and avid alpinist, Philip Cottam, offers an insider’s guide to one of the…
Christmas Gifting: A Biographical Miscellany
When it comes to gifts, books are a failsafe option, notably when the recipient is someone…
The English Soul: The Faith of a Nation
Peter Ackroyd is a prolific writer, having published over sixty-five books as poet, novelist, biographer…
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Peter Moore’s most recent book was not written with the United States election in mind…
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin latest Rebus novel Midnight and Blue is as well written as any of…
Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley
Like, I suspect, most people, my knowledge of Agatha Christie has been limited to having…
Shanghai by Joseph Kanon
In his latest foray into the pre-Second World War world of spies and emigrés living…
A Miscellany of Summer Reading
Can it be? Summer’s here? Perhaps it once was, and may yet show its face…