Posts by Sally Hughes Behind the scenesMary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: extraordinary mother and daughterTuesday 30 January 2018The centenary commemoration of Women’s Suffrage has cast a spotlight of the lives of...Behind the scenesIdeas for your Christmas listMonday 4 December 2017It’s getting closer… Not so close that you need to panic: there’s still plenty...Behind the scenesThe not so distant sound of jingle bellsTuesday 7 November 2017Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… I know you are in denial,...Behind the scenesDunkirk on film and in printTuesday 15 August 2017Have you seen Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and now want to explore the history in...Behind the scenesFood for thought: eating with Queen Victoria and Mrs BeetonTuesday 20 June 2017'Human lives are marked out in meals,' observes food historian Annie Gray…...Behind the scenesLives on the ocean wavesTuesday 25 April 2017This month I thought we might impart a nautical flavour to our reading recommendations…......Behind the scenesSharing your family storiesTuesday 28 March 2017I want to highlight some of the titles where writers choose a public forum...Behind the scenesWords of love: Valentine’s Day giftsTuesday 31 January 2017As the romantics among you will have noticed it will soon be Valentine’s Day…......Behind the scenesHistory books – but not as you know them?Tuesday 6 December 2016I want to focus on the oddities, the strange little books that turn out...Behind the scenesQueens in fact and fictionTuesday 8 November 2016Fresh from watching the ITV series Victoria, I am minded to explore the lives...Behind the scenesMore family journeys on the bookshelvesTuesday 13 September 2016After my last blog on 'Dadland' I received some great recommendations for other titles,...Behind the scenesA journey into a father’s pastTuesday 16 August 2016I don’t usually devote the whole blog to a single book, but 'Dadland' by... « 1 2 3 4 5 »