A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
Reviews: History
Book review: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt
A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
Book review: ‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney
How one ancient language went global.
Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman
Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.
Book review: ‘The Celts’ by Alice Roberts
Searching for a civilisation.
Book review: ‘Under a Metal Sky’ by Philip Marsden
A journey through minerals, greed and wonder.
Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’
A final volume of diaries, covering a momentous time in British and European history.
Book review: ‘Stoicism: a very short introduction’ by Brad Inwood
A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’
The end of a magnificent era.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 29 • 1881’
Publishing on earthworms • a pension for Wallace • death of a brother • feeling his age • and lots more…