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Category: Non-fiction

Book review: The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor

Interest rates are at the front of everyone’s mind at the moment, so The Price of Time is a timely … More

economic history, economics, finance, history

Book review: Hothouse Earth by Bill McGuire

Hothouse Earth, written by geologist and activist Bill McGuire, is a great summary for the general reader of the key … More

climate change, green / environmental, political, popular science

Book review: In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut

In a Strange Room was originally published as three travel memoirs in the Paris Review but was published as a … More

african, biographical novel, damon galgut, man booker, memoir, south african, travel writing

Book review: Regenesis by George Monbiot

Having read George Monbiot’s journalism, I knew Regenesis would be a brilliantly argued and carefully researched read on the challenges … More

climate change, green / environmental, political, popular science

Book review: Mermaid Singing by Charmian Clift

This is the first of two books Charmian Clift wrote about her life in Greece with her husband, George Johnston, … More

australian, greece, memoir, travel

Book review: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne

First Morrissey, now Barbara Pym. They say you should never meet your heroes, perhaps you don’t want to know their … More

20th-century classic, barbara pym, biography, creative process

Book review: Wayfinding by Michael Bond

As someone with quite a poor sense of direction I was intrigued to read Wayfinding. Written by science journalist Michael … More

popular science, psychology

Discovering great non-fiction — hear the podcast, read the book

I have a tendency to be over-ambitious when it comes to non-fiction. I’ll pick up a tome on a subject … More

economics, history, medieval, science

Book review: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins

We Are Bellingcat is a fascinating account of the history of investigative news site Bellingcat and how they pioneered using … More

journalist, open-source intelligence, technology

Book review: Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir and The White Ship by Charles Spencer

I thought it would be interesting to review these two histories together. They both cover the period of the Norman … More

history, medieval, women's history

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