How the Christian Church rose to prominence in the wake of the Roman Empire.
Reviews: History
Book review: ‘The Shortest History of Italy’ by Ross King
An excellent short history of an excellent country.
Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair
Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony
Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore
A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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.