We might think we're being radical and original — we've nothing on our great-great grandmothers.
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Book Review: Nature and Power: a Global History of the Environment by Joachim Radkau
Looking back provides insights that illuminate the critical problems of today.
Read More »Book Review: The Worst Street in London by Fiona Rule
Unsympathetic, poorly researched attempt at social history.
Read More »Book Review: Theodora: Actress. Empress. Whore. by Stella Duffy
This historical novel fails to quite come to terms with a great character of history.
Read More »Theatre Review (London): Confessions of a Dancewhore at the Trafalgar Studios
Funny, moving, dramatic, and very hard to classify.
Read More »Theatre Review (London): Dig by J.D. Smith and No More, Salvator? by Michael Hart at the Old Red Lion
Two contrasting one-act plays deliver drama and comedy with varying degrees of success.
Read More »Book Review: Raising My Voice: The Extraordinary Story of the Afghan Woman Who Dares to Speak Out by Malalai Joya
Here's a powerful argument for getting Western forces out of Afghanistan.
Read More »Book Review: Lustrum by Robert Harris (Conspirata in the US)
Politics is a lonely, desperate life, that ends only in failure. Something to look forward to!
Read More »Things I Failed to Learn from My Grandmother
She grew, preserved and cooked her own food, and almost never threw anything away.
Read More »Book Review: Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson
Throw out every economic tenet you learned and start again. There's no alternative.
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