Book Review
East West Street
In 2022 I reviewed a book called “The Ratline” by Philippe Sands (Book Review: The Ratline). A book which taught me so much about Nazi Germany and the general history of WWII in Europe. East [more…]
Review
20th Century
Book Review: On top of the world – Mallory and Irvine
With the somewhat macabre discovery of Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s foot, still in its boot, on Everest last October – Mallory’s body having been found some years before – my interest was awakened in the vast [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Glasto Review
Glasto 27th-29th June 2025 Present: Charli xcx Bob Vylan Neil Young Venue: Glastonbury What a struggle it was, but on your behalf this humble reviewer — devastated by the absence of Question Time during the [more…]
19th Century
Book review: Custer’s Trials, by T.J. Stiles
Writing another biography of Custer (1839-1876) is, as Stiles says, a bit like walking round Grand Central Station trying to find a piece of floor someone hasn’t already stepped on. Such is the fascination with [more…]
Book Review
Book review: The Blue House, by Nigel Parsons
This is the second book by this author to be reviewed on GP – you can find my review of his previous novel, Three Lives (linky). Written with both heart and head, The Blue House [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: Dancers At The End Of Time by Michael Moorcock
This article will be a short review of quite possibly my favourite romance novel. But before we get to the soppy bits, we need to set the scene by wading through some good ol’ blood [more…]
Book Review
Book review: Values, Voice and Virtue: the new British politics, by Matt Goodwin
Matthew James Goodwin is a political commentator and former academic, most recently Professor of Politics at the University of Kent which he left in the summer of 2024. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he reached [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: “Politics on the Edge” by Rory Stewart
Like many on this blog, I’ve been in awe of AWS in his watching and reporting of Question Time each week so that we didn’t have to, and Powers’ indefatigable commentary each morning of GMB, [more…]
Book Review
Book review: The Man From Berlin, by Luke McCallin
‘Amidst the chaos of World War II, in a land of brutality and bloodshed, one death can still change everything …’ So runs the blurb on the front cover, and it’s fair to say it’s [more…]