Walking to Lübeck with J.S. Bach.
Reviews: History
Book review: ‘Spike Island’ by Philip Hoare
The memory of a military hospital.
Book review: ‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie
A third collection of wonderful essays from my favourite writer.
Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘Darwin’ by Jonathan Howard
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The End of Epilepsy?’ by Dieter Schmidt & Simon Shorvon
A history of the modern era of epilepsy 1860–2010.
Book review: ‘Sea Room’ by Adam Nicolson
The story of one man, three islands and half a million puffins.
Book review: ‘The Development of Darwin’s Theory’ by Dov Ospovat
Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838–1859.
Book review: ‘Time Song’ by Julia Blackburn
Searching for Doggerland
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva
Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.