I now know that practically everything I learnt about pterosaurs 30 years ago was, while the "wisdom" of the time, entirely wrong.
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Book Review: ‘Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition’, edited by C.N. Wollgar, D. Serjeantson and T. Waldron
Sixteenth-century Cornish ale, made from oats, was said to be "lyke wash as pygges had wrestled dryn".
Read More »Theater Review (London): Untitled Matriarch Play (or the Seven Sisters) at the Royal Court
A comic but not light piece that the cast of seven women can really get their teeth into.
Read More »Theater Review (London): “Payback: The Musical” at the Riverside Studios
A thoroughly entertaining if lightweight evening.
Read More »Book Review: Confronting the Classics: A Provocative Tour of What is Happening Now in the Classics by Mary Beard
A fine collection of essays that started life as book reviews.
Read More »Book Review: How Ancient Europeans Saw the World: Visions, Patterns and the Shaping of the Mind in Prehistoric Times by Peter S. Wells
A thought-provoking exploration of the prehistoric European mind.
Read More »Book Review: Striking A Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History by Louise Raw
An important part of women's history: the true foundation of "New Unionism" uncovered.
Read More »Book Review: Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550AD by Peter Brown
This is no dry theological tome; Brown is seeking to present a complete, detailed picture of his characters' lives as possible.
Read More »Book Review: City Women: Money, Sex and the Social Order in Early Modern London by Eleanor Hubbard
"Come on, Nell, what shall we have Goodwife Bird and you fall out for a few babbling words?"
Read More »Book Review: The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Definitely recommended if you enjoy historical novels, or are interested in First Wave feminism.
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