"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
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.
Subscribe to writer's RSS
391
Book Review: The Gathering Night by Margaret Elpinstone
A lively, nicely crafted tale of wilderness Stone Age life.
390
Book Review: Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit by David S Whitley
An exploration of the controversies and developments of prehistoric archaeology, and a theory about the origin of religion.
389
Book Review: Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and Lincolnshire's Godly Aristocracy, 1519-1580 by Melissa Franklin Harkrider
Note to David Starkey - here's a woman making a difference in Tudor England.
388
Book Review: Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa by Michele K. Spike
Yes she was a pope's mistress. She was also a warrior, a politician, and a woman who stood up for herself.
387
Theater Review (London): The Backroom at the Cock Tavern, Kilburn
An edgy romantic comedy featuring the workers in a gay brothel.
Emotion is the dominant factor in pretty well every decision that we, all human beings, make.
385
Books Review: Carthage by Ross Leckie and The Siege by Ismail Kadare
Two gripping, "literary" treatments of war come to the same conclusion about its place in the human condition.
384
Book Review: The Discovery of France by Graham Robb
La France profonde, as it never was in the traditional histories: Breton sex torture and year-old bread.
383
Theater Review (London): The Tempest at the Cock Tavern Theatre, Kilburn
Shakespeare with a twist: the tumultuous, magical island is ruled and dominated by women.
382
Book Review: Autobiography and Gender in Early Modern Literature - Reading Women's Lives 1600-2680 by Sharon Cardamn Seelig
Asks what did the women mean, how were they feeling, and how do I feel when I read them?
BC Writer of the Day
