Natalie is the editor of My London Your London, an independent cultural guide featuring theatre, gallery and museum reviews, and also blogs at Philobiblon, on history, culture, Green politics and all things feminist. She's the founder of the Carnival of Feminists, and Managing Editor and Books Editor on Blogcritics.
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Book Review: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
A stirring read, and a painless way to get to know Mary Anning, an unlikely great woman of history.
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Book Review: Parks in Medieval England by S.A. Mileson
A close look at the physical, social and cultural landscape.
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Book Review: Evolution by Stephen Baxter
From primitive primates running amid the dinosaurs, to Catal Huyuk and Ancient Rome, far into our future on a dying planet, this is big history.
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Book Review: Madame de Staël: The Dangerous Exile by Angelica Goodden
There were three great powers struggling against Napoleon for the soul of Europe: "England, Russia, and Madame de Staël".
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Magazine Review: One Eye Grey: A Penny Dreadful for the 21st Century, 2009
Short stories combining modern life with ancient fears.
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Book Review: The Dancer from Khiva by Bibish
One woman's remarkable journey from a Muslim village in Uzbekistan into the heart of Russia.
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Book Review: The Devil's Children: A History of Childhood and Murder by Loretta Loach
Brings much needed balanced historical perspective to our understanding of a rare crime.
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Book Review: 428AD: An Ordinary Year At The End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina
The end of the Roman empire, as the people really lived it.
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Book Review: A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1400-1700 by Jacqueline Broad and Karen Green
A logical, continuous tradition of women's political thought, that doesn't reflect the male model we've all been taught, is uncovered.
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Book Review: The Gathering Night by Margaret Elpinstone
A lively, nicely crafted tale of wilderness Stone Age life.
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