5 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Swimming like Vikings or sleeping like cavemen, ruling the tennis court and romping with royals: when it comes to non-fiction…We've Got Your Summer Reading Sorted!
Swimming like Vikings or sleeping like cavemen, ruling the tennis court and romping with royals: when it comes to non-fiction…We’ve Got Your Summer Reading Sorted!
4 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Our reviewers' picks for the best books to deck out your shelves…and suitcases this summer
From Thrillers to Contemporary and Literary Fiction to Sci-Fi, our Critics pick the best novels to take away with you this summer.
Sally Morris picks the best books to entertain your kids with this summer.
3 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Picture This: Walking the streets of Paris, one shopfront at a time
Min Hoezoe Mahmut reviews the book that marries together beautiful illustrations and the beauty of the City of Love’s magical shopfronts.
2 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis: In search of genius? Don't look in East Anglia
What does it mean to be a genius? Are they clever, entrepreneurial, or inventive? The answer, as Helen Lewis’s new book shows, is that no one knows.
Ever wondered how different fashion trends are now compared to the 50s, 60s and 70s? Evie Redwood dives into a photographic archive from the dawn of colour photos.
29 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Shakespeare Ladies Club by Christine & Jonathan Hainsworth: The women who made Shakespeare great
Imagine a world in which no one cared about Shakespeare – that was the case in the 1600s, until four pioneering women reinvigorated the bard’s reputation.
29 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson: It is not hoarding if it warms your heart
They may seem trivial to others but – from cake tins to porcelain figurines – we should never let go of our sentimental things, says Bee Wilson in her feel-good, pro-clutter book.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
What do you get if you combine Dickens, Bond and Harry Potter? The best Children's books out now – Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel, Heir of Storms by Lauryn Murray
Sally Morris reviews the best Children’s Books out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
MY LIFE IN A GARDEN by Carl Gorham: Nature? It will ruin your garden
Gardening is meant to be a relaxing pursuit, but after the death of his wife, Carl discovered the trials and tribulations that come hand in hand with curating nature.